Time for some cricket!

I have not been a very great fan of cricket and have written very little on cricket. However, the current spate of events has left me with no other option but to write about the games people play around cricket! While I completely agree with the Australian supremacy in the game, I have always despised their behaviour on field during the game. Sledging, calling out names, enraging the opponent team members- they have used all crooked ways in winning, so much so that Australia is regarded as a team that rarely plays gentleman's cricket. But, the Gavaskar- Border test series that is currently on has brought out the callousness of team Australia like never before. A case of precisely what happens when the players think that they are bigger than the game itself. In the name of fetching a world record, the Australians have reduced the sport to a sham! What I still fail to understand is how renowned umpires like Steve Bucknor could fall prey to something like this! After all that mud slinging over the media, the players and the International Cricket Council have finally realized that the game is more important than anything/ anyone else and put their best efforts in putting back the believability in the game. The results are for everyone to see. Under the master leadership of a veteran and sincere player like Anil Kumble, supported by the ever dependable Sachin and the young guns like Pathan, Dhoni and Harbhajan, India has won over the entire world by exhibiting their mastery over the game! Good going, mates. You have done the country proud :-) Let us hope that after all that has happened, the Gavaskar- Border series goes down well in the history of world cricket as a series that performed a "Shuddhi Kalash" of the entire game!