It was really disheartening to see the Team India going down to the Aussies in the Sydney Test today but even more heartbreaking was some of the shocking decisions given by the two officiating "ICC TOYS" standing in the middle.
Both, Mr Mark Benson & Mr Steve Bucknor were so consistent throughout the 5 days of the match with their atrocious decisions that one should give them a reward for being so consistent all the way.
Well Mr Bucknor has already got his reward with ICC pulling him out of the next match at Perth and I hope that sooner or later Mr Benson will also get his share as well.
But anyway, the damage has already been done as far as India is concerned as this was the only, best possible chance for them to have any kind of impact in this series but thanks to the duo of Benson & Bucknor the opportunity has gone bagging.
This match will be remembered for a long period of time but not for the right reasons, which were shadowed by all kinds of controversies.
Aussies hold their reputation of the world champion with all possible assistance from the Umpires, a gritty inning of Symonds [I mean the four in one inning courtesy Umpires], a magical last over by Michael Clarke and also with some unsporting spirit they exhibited on the field.
Actually it was truly "an International Match" with India playing against 11 Australians, 1 Englishman and 1 from West Indies.
Indians will find it real hard to digest the fact that after having a wonderful grip on the match on day one they are actually standing on the loosing side on day five.
Huuuf…. Well all said and done I think Team India have to take positives out of this game and move forward and play to the best of their abilities and make all their diehard fans proud.
Only one thing I would like to tell our team that ITS WHEN THE GOING GETS TOUGH, THE TOUGH GET GOING !!!
2 comments:
Your comments would surely make all diehard cricket fans proud all over the world as your comments dont speak only for India but reflect the true sportsman spirit that should be appreciated by all those who respect and salute Sportsmanship... Good going... keep it up!
What a lovely post, I absolutely agree with the consistency factor. It was so very visible in the match that the umpires were nothing more than 'ICC TOYS'.
Good that now the Indian team & ofcourse the management is having same stand on the issue and Bhajji has been allowed to play in the Perth match at least.
While senior players like Sachin are vouching on bhajji and are ready to stand firm against wrong decisions, I would love to see more posts and discussion about this here. We can do atleast this much for cricket!
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