Hi friends, “True Colours” is the book written by Mr. Gilchrist and in that he mentioned his views about the Sydney test incidents. Gilchrist had said something about Sachin in his book and the lines published from IBN live is shown below:
If all the above said lines are true then Gilchrist is talking about a Legend from India and that is Sachin. After infamous test match in Sydney, no player will be sporting enough to give a hand shake if that match is won with the help of umpires and cheating the opponent team players. But Indian players gave handshakes on the field. Gilchrist and his teammates were criticized by their own country for their on field activity. They lost their respect from public. It is not compulsory that all the players should be like Gilchrist to go into opponent’s dressing room to give a handshake. It is the choice of the player whether to give handshake in the opponent room or not.
I would like to tell that Indian players should write a book about the Umpiring on Sydney test which played without sporting spirit by the Aussies players. Ponting showing finger to umpire and umpire declaring out should also be written in the book. Never seen a match played so badly in my whole life.
Sachin is always sportive according to me, in past 18 years of his career, I never saw him talking aggressively to opponent team players. But he was dragged into the Harbhajan issue with all false accusation by the Aussies. Cricket Australia, BCCI and ICC had handled the racial issue very badly in my view and Mike Proctor then match referee decisions to ban Harbhajan Singh for 2 tests and fine was over ruled by the ICC. ICC had no answer to Indian team question about the poor umpiring which cost them a match. So, to cover up all the issues which were gone out of proportion, ICC had let Harbhajan go free and removed Steve Buckner. Here again black umpire was removed and the other umpire Benson who too had given bad decision was let off.
What ICC should have done is to continue the ban on Harbhajan for all his mistakes on field and the Sydney test should have been made unofficial and the series would have been draw instead of India losing the series. Both the umpires should have been suspended for few series. Gilchrist is waking up the issue which was history again and again doing it when his team is losing the present series. To bring down the moral of Indian players, all these cheap talks are coming out.
After that incident, Mr. Ponting again gave statement and I came across an article in Rediff.com “Ponting defended Andrew Symonds, who had accused Indian off-spinner Harbhajan Singh of racially abusing him, and said the all-rounder was genuinely "hurt" by what had been hurled at him.
The Australian skipper said when he heard Michael Clarke yell across to him at the SCG about Harbhajan Singh, "He's done it again ... he just called Symmo a monkey again", he was just rooted to the ground.
"I wouldn't say (Clarke's) words sent a chill up my spine or anything that sinister, but they certainly stopped me in my tracks," Ponting recounted in his book an extract of which was published in The Herald Sun.
"(I thought) I've got to act on it. I talked to Symmo, to get his version ... then I went over and told umpire Mark Benson what we believed had just gone on, and I asked him to do something about it.”
My point is that Aussies players who use the words like F***, Mother F*****, Bast*** and other words. The bowlers of Australian team use these words to opponent players. These bowlers do not worry that the entire world is watching them on TV and camera’s are on. Who the hell had given right to speak such words to an opponent player. But ICC ignores such words, Indian players in the past use to ignore if such words were used. But now a day no one is taking such words anymore and all these was started by Aussies.
Racially abusing was also started by Aussies, Darren Lehmann was banned for speaking ill of Sri Lankan players. Dean Jones called an South African player terrorist and he was banned by Ten Sports but Ten Sports had taken him back him in the commentary team back. When Aussies do all such things then they will come up with some disgusting excuse.
Recently Ponting was banned in West Indies for questioning umpires decision and ban was possible because the Match referee is from Sri Lanka. If a referee like Chris Broad or someone else would listen to only the Aussies and will ban an umpire instead of Ponting. The present match referee for current series between India and Australia should have banned both Gambhir and Watson. This would have given a lesson to both the players but one was made scapegoat.
Ponting is saying that Clarke said that to him that Harbhajan again called Symonds Monkey. How can Ponting believe player like Clarke who had appealed for out when he had grounded the catch. Ok Clarke is his teammate, so, has to believe but here no one had clearly heard what Harbhajan had said to Symonds. All are assuming that he had said something and if they are really having guts then they should first learn how to play well against Harbhajan bowling and teach him a lesson. Instead of making statements in media that they are disappointed about the past incidences. Aussie players are trying to get sympathy for Symonds. But they are forgetting that they have used the abusive words on the opponent players as well.
It is Cricket Australia which removed Symonds for the present series in India because Clarke complained that Symonds is not listening to him and not attended the team management meeting. Symonds commitment was questioned by their board and the Aussies players are giving a twist that Harbhajan incident had made Symonds lost the commitment for the national side. Cricket Australia board do not like to hear such excuses and no player is bigger than the game and rightly sacked Symonds from the team.
Finally, for ever action there will be always an equal reaction. Aussies are not able to beat India like other teams, so, accusing the top players of Indian team. That's all for now, come up with more.
With lots of love,
Madhu Vamsi. :)
Please note: The red letter paragraph is taken from Rediff.com and IBN live. It is not my copyright...
