Drop Sachin
by shantanu soman on 2008-02-25 19:02:14.545306+05:30
Drop Sachin
Reply | Forword | Report Abuse It is quite ironical and also revealing that the ‘Team – 11 Million $’ was ‘out-maneuvered’ and ‘beaten’ by the ‘Team –5 Million $ Only’ at SCG – Sydney, Australia. (PART-3)
by Shahabuddin Nadeem on 2008-02-25 18:37:44.933195+05:30
With the turn of events connected with IPL and Twenty-20 version of the game leading to the bizarre spectacle of the Cricket Stars getting auctioned in the manner normally employed only for ‘Cattle / Live Stock’- trading now a days (since ‘Slave Trade’ of humans has been banned long time ago), and with Millions of dollars being staked over each of the Stars, doubts creep in whether like all other ‘Programmed Media Shows’, Cricket is also being ‘Stage Managed’ by its ‘Stake Holders’ like the sponsors, advertisers and the various boards of Cricket including our own –the BCCI which is notorious for its total orientation and dedication towards the commercial aspects and success of the Game alone rather than its qualitative growth in the country? Surely, the ‘death knell’ of the only ‘genuine’ and truly meritorious form of the game of international cricket – ‘Test Cricket’ was sounded repeatedly on the day – 20th February 2008, every time the ‘Hammer’ was sounded to declare the ‘Final Price’ on each of the ‘Slave Heads’ with a particular brand name of ‘Cricketers T-20’, who had willingly gathered at the Auction Hall to get traded through open auctioning very much in the manner ‘cattle / live stock’ get traded!
Reply | Forword | Report Abuse It is quite ironical and also revealing that the ‘Team – 11 Million $’ was ‘out-maneuvered’ and ‘beaten’ by the ‘Team –5 Million $ Only’ at SCG – Sydney, Australia.( PART-2)
by Shahabuddin Nadeem on 2008-02-25 18:36:19.773983+05:30
That Yousuf Pathan fetched for himself 25,000 $ more than the ‘Genius’ Shane Warne because of the ‘Auctioning Route’ employed, is a clear example that proves the absurdity of this system of finalizing contractual obligations between the player and his ‘employer’ (or between the ‘Slave and the ‘Master’ in this case, to be more graphic!). This is a clear proof if at all it was needed that establishes the truth that a dichotomy has crept in to the very essence of the game of cricket as it is being played now – a dichotomy between the ‘art’ that once was part of it and which has been almost totally replaced by its ‘commerce’ now to turn the ‘Game of Cricket’ in to an almost ‘Media Show’!
Reply | Forword | Report Abuse It is quite ironical and also revealing that the ‘Team – 11 Million $’ was ‘out-maneuvered’ and ‘beaten’ by the ‘Team –5 Million $ Only’ at SCG – Sydney, Australia. (PART-1)
by Shahabuddin Nadeem on 2008-02-25 18:34:58.970731+05:30
In the one day international at the SCG, Sydney, Australia yesterday, between Team India, (which may now be represented with its new ‘commercial’ nickname of ‘Team – 11 Million $’), was ‘out-maneuvered’ and ‘beaten’ by the Australian -‘Team –5 Million $ Only’. This was truly ironical and also revealing, to say the least! This result does confirm one obvious truth that pouring of millions of dollars over the heads of the Indian Cricket Stars as if in an act of obeisance has really not added even a bit of additional cricketing talent, motivation, determination
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