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Mumbai, March 23: England and Australia cannot come to terms with India's growing importance in world cricket, according to Sunil Gavaskar, the International Cricket Council's cricket committee chief.

"Gone are the days when two countries, England and Australia, had the veto power in international cricket, even though the dinosaurs, still trying to voice their prejudiced opinions in the media, may not open their eyes and see the reality," Gavaskar wrote in a syndicated newspaper column published on Sunday.

"The cricketing world has found that India has no longer a diffident voice in the international cricketing community, but a confident one that knows what is good for its cricket, and will strive to get it," the former India captain wrote.

"What may have worried these people was the manner in which India defended its player Harbhajan Singh on the 'racist' allegation made against him.

"When all the technology in the world was unable to prove that he had indeed said anything, these guys, especially those in Australia, having got so used to getting it their way, were unable to stomach it."

India lost the heated four-test series in Australia 2-1 but won the one-day tri-series after beating the hosts 2-0 in the finals.

India, the financial centre of the global game, is currently second in the ICC test rankings.

After Indian board chief Sharad Pawar was awarded the ICC presidency for 2010, the shortlisting of Inderjit Bindra as a possible successor to Malcolm Speed as ICC chief executive did not go down well with the British and Australian press, Gavaskar added.

"As soon as Mr. Bindra's name was announced there were a flurry of articles in England and Australia that giving him the job would put too much power in India's hands," he said.

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INDIA NEED TO TAKE OVER ICC by rajababu on 2008-03-24
THANKS SUNNY FOR TALKING THE MIND, THE BCCI NEED TO USE IT'S NEWLY FOUND INFLUENCE TO MARGINALIZE THE WHITES, HOLDING HIGH POSTS IN ICC. THE BCCI CAN CREATE A NEW VERY WELL BALANCED ICC
Thanks Sunny bhai by Vijayraj on 2008-03-24
We Indians should be proud of Sunny,that he stood by the Indian side time during the time of crisis. And not even once did he let the pride of the nation take a beating.It was evident when he was very fair and bold enough to take on the Aussie media and project "OUR INDIAN TEAM" clean..Thanks you Sunny, you were the face of our team During Australian tour
Gavaskar does it by Afroz Ashrafi on 2008-03-24
Financial status of the cricket board cannot determine the quality of cricket and abuse it much the same way as yhe oz or eng for that matter did for a long time . Gavaskar has been fairly inconsistent in his comments and commentary . can i remind him that when umpire Benson wanted the confirmation of the controversial catch from Ponting it was Gavaskar blaring , if i could quote though the words may not be exactly the same , it went something like this , oh , i have never seen , heard a fielding captain being asked for the confirmation of the catch . This is utter nonsense , this is ridiculous.unquote , what gavaskar did not know was the agreement between the two playing captains that the verdict of the captain will deemed to be final in the event of any doubt or confusion . Yes .Gavaskar has been the heard voice without desrving it as there are a barrage of players of his calibre who have taken recourse to silence or obscruity .
amar by on 2008-03-25
Dear Asharafi,Let me remind you. How come the umpires only asked ponting whether the ctch has been taken in the sydney test and not Anil kumble when symonds, he himself and seveal of australian batsmen were out and were not given out.The Indians who were not out were given out. Agreed, there was a pact but that pact applied only to one side and only the australian captain was asked and not kumble . It is difficult to digest. To maintain their winning record they probably did some under the table transaction . ICC should probe into this. The australians will be caught red handed.
syed afroz ashrafi by on 2008-03-25
Dear Amar. please dont be mistaken .I am as much a bonafide and legitimate citizen of the country you are living in . Addressing me as Mian Mushrraf speaks volumes of your mindset and the level of your prejudice which of course the likes of you normally harbour .If you disagree you can have decent language and if you dont have that then you are best advised to go back to whatever school you went to develop the terribly absent sophistication in your overall conduct .
Sunny is right by Raj on 2008-03-23
I am glad that Sunny is talking his mind. Gone those days where the Aussies and English dominated the cricket administration. Its time for India to justify its position in the international arena of cricket by backing it up with performance. There is no point being dominant administrators and poor on the field.
gavaskar by siddharth on 2008-03-24
gavaskar is reverse racist of the worst sort.it is he who cannot sromache anything good about countries like aus,eng etc. he make me sick and ashamed of being an indian with his openly racist and prejudiced views. he tries too hard to break away from the shame of having being ruled by the whites for so many years.
KK by on 2008-03-24
Siddharthm huhhh... Indian Name but so much not so indian view.Come on show us your actual identity.
Patriot by on 2008-03-24
Forget the identity, what he is saying is ture. He shouldn't have said in this way. But Gavsakar is a racist and an Idiot.
India's importance in cricket by Rav Balkish on 2008-03-24
Not only is India dominating in world cricket, tamilians from India are equally dominating the computer industry across the globe and the management scene as well - so, it is time the Punjabi lobby is subdued and channa masala replaced with rasam and sambarTamilnadu cricketers have been ignored for too long - i will make sure via blogs and articles punjabi lobby is diluted
So now he said nothing by Brian on 2008-03-24
The Proof was in the Indian's teams management saying he said something different to the allegations and Harbhajan Singh steadfastly defending that what he said was not what the Australian's thought but something different, either way Australia is still better than India.
Patriot by on 2008-03-24
I don't agree with all of your views but yes, Australia is still slightly better than India and Hrabajan is a brat. he should be banned from cricket. I love India and its people but that doesn't mean I am narrowminded as many others who say everything our country does is right and everything that others do is wrong. Harbajan is a shame to our country and I feel ashamed that he is one the ones who represent our country.
Indi by on 2008-03-24
oh brian. we Indians really pity ur aussie brains. Even after doing a robber you guys still defend yourself. Inspite of increasing the volume of microphone, one could hear only foul tounged hayden and symonds shouting at bhajji. Hayden aware of Indian fans backlash wants to patch up with bhaaji. Clever boy. He wants to save his skin when in India. After all most the aussies players are now Indian property.
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