I hope other visiting teams will emulate South Africa's example and heap humiliation on this bunch of hyped jokers and the BCCI. Cricket will gradually lose popularity and genuine national games like hockey may see a glimmer of hope of revival. Cricket is a national waste; India's biggest racket in which the BCCI, its players - self-declared heroes whose character is woefully exposed when then encounter quality opposition - Bollywood, the mafia, betting syndicates, politicians, and yes, the media, all have huge stakes. Don't be fooled by the odd win in places like Australia. Genuine sporting nations like Australia are good at EVERY sport they play - cricket, hockey, football, tennis, you name it. Indians have only proven that they can milk the game commercially. 5 Test wins on Aussie soil in 60 years tell the real story, all that hoopla about the Perth win and the 'historic' tri-series victory notwithstanding. By the way, how come each of India's wins is immediately eulogised as 'historic?' That's because there're so few of them in the first place! Truth be told, these so-called cricketing stars and superstars are little else than media-created 'heroes', each with his faithful band of hosanna-singers in the papers and idiot-box. Lack of ability to play genuine fast bowling on even a marginally sporting pitch has been the bane since 1932. No nation aspiring for a place in the global pecking order can afford this colossal waste of time, money and manhours. Jaganniwas Iyer
