I am also a diehard cricket fan like most of you but the recent happenings disturbed me a lot to write this.
After the live coverage of cricket matches started in late 80s the cricket matches became a commercial one and every one including the media, Businessmen, the players, BCCI and ICC and above all the dreaded bookies want to make fast money in the name of cricket. Now days one can find every thing in Cricket matches except Game Cricket. Let us discuss BOB and Pakistan on some other day.
Pakistans exit from world cup is a great loss not only to the Pakistan fans but all the above moneymakers of cricket. Now there is a gloom over Indias chances and if India too fails to qualify for the second round then it will be a huge disaster to all the moneymakers, including the Media, Businessmen, the Players, BCCI and ICC and above all the dreaded bookies, who want to make fast money in the name of cricket. Already messages are appearing that, revenues to the tune of Rs 6000 crores are expected from Advts during World Cup coverage and the matches between India and Pakistan or the matches involving either of these two teams alone will attract huge viewers and huge commercials, generating hundreds of Crores rupees revenue.
Now it is up to the core group including the media, Businessmen, the players, BCCI and ICC and above all the dreaded bookies, who want to make fast money in the name of cricket, ensure a safe place for India in the second round so that they wont to loose their ensured income and so that definitely they will take care of Indian Interest. If such things takes place then what is the difference between sports and drug trafficking.
So I wish India should loose against SriLanka and every one including the media, Businessmen, the players, BCCI and ICC and above all the dreaded bookies want to make fast money in the name of cricket should suffer a lot.
RE:I wish India should loose against SriLanka
by Rajesh Iyer on Mar 22, 2007 09:54 AM Permalink
What u are saying is very right. But don't u think, we Indian fans are equally responsible for this.
We people give birth to the dreaded bookies who want to make fast money in the name of cricket. Why do people invest in betting. Why do we people get encouraged by the advertisement.
I wish India should win. But we, the people of India, can take a oath that we will never use the products which are endorsed by our cricketers for the only reason that they endorse it. This will atleast prohibit the companies signing these cricketers and in turn will lead to something constructive. What say... are we people capable of bring about this revolution... or am I exaggerative? We, the people of India are capable of doing anything. If we can make superstars, we can also take that status back. So people, wake up and bring about this revolution...
RE:I wish India should loose against SriLanka
by Raghu R on Mar 22, 2007 08:17 AM Permalink
100% True. Now days cricket is like Drug trafficking. They are misusing nations name,nation time,even ppls emtions...
RE:I wish India should loose against SriLanka
by bharat on Mar 22, 2007 08:23 AM Permalink
Don't let the bad deeds of the country men tarnish the country. If the cricketers and officials are corrupt, then god will reserve special punishment for them separately. You may wish hell for these people but do not link the countrymen with the honour of the country. If you are a die hard Indian in addition to being a die hard cricket fan, never ever wish for India to lose.
RE:RE:I wish India should loose against SriLanka
by Kannan SivaramanViswanatha on Mar 22, 2007 09:31 AM Permalink
correct response, Bhagawat Geetha style, positive thinking, do your karma without expectation of reward! Never ever wish evil to others, that is not the job of humans, higher powers will take care of that.
Mates... As I had already told you in my earlier discussion that Srilanka gonna beat BD by a big margin and It came true.. Now the next news is India is going to beat Srilanka by 40-60 runs or 5-6 wickets so that both go through, some can question my prediction by saying why Srilanka want to lose those 2 points against India which they carry to the next round...I told you in my earlier discussion also that MONEY AND MARKET POWERS ARE BIGGER THEN GAME NOW, Srilanka can afford to lose 2 points but market cant bear the jolt of no qualification of India..
So guys just chill out and I'm giving you guarantee that It is going to be true.. I'm not telling you this in the air, infect I talked to one bookie in England where booking is legal.. He told me just one thing "don't worry, India will go through"
RE:India will surely go through...I can bet..!
by raj kumar on Mar 22, 2007 07:40 AM Permalink
Its highly impossible for any bookie to decide the match ,anyway lets wait and see.
RE:India will surely go through...I can bet..!
by Manoj Mehta on Mar 22, 2007 08:54 AM Permalink
Chappel or chappal,
Something is wrong with you. People like you always spreads negative thoughts. Match fixing is next to impossible when 22 players alongwith 2 Umpires are playing the game.
You seems to be obssesed with the word match fixing. Have you not so got a suitable match for you who can be your life partner? or may be there also you must be doubting some kind of game that they are fixing you up.Ha ! Ha!
RE:India will surely go through...I can bet..!
by sameer naik on Mar 22, 2007 07:50 AM Permalink
betting is legal in england not 'booking' or match fixing.
RE:RE:India will surely go through...I can bet..!
by sameer naik on Mar 22, 2007 07:53 AM Permalink
also odds are heavily in favour of Aussies. Which means more people must have put money on Austrailia, or SA.etc. Markets will get jolted only if teams like this dont qualify.
Matches may be fixed or not, but the reasoning you giving is not making perfect sense, infact contradicting some things.
RE:India will surely go through...I can bet..!
by madhu g on Mar 22, 2007 07:44 AM Permalink
india will win matches which are unimportant, but india lacks result. bet with me???
RE:India will surely go through...I can bet..!
by subodh joshi on Mar 22, 2007 09:30 AM Permalink
I totally agree with you. I too know that this is exactly how the game is played.
India's downfall against Bangladesh was brought about by the combination of the following reasons:
1. Poor shot selection - (Sehwag and Uthappa)
2. Timid approach - (Ganguly & Tendulkar).
3. Somewhat freak dismissals (Tendulkar and Dravid)
1,2 & 3 sowed the seeds of disaster and ensured that India could, at best, just manage a fighting total.
4. Ganguly and Yuvraj did put up a mini rescue act. At this stage, India were still in a position to put 220-230 on board. This could have been a winning total against Banglagesh.
5. However, the later batsmen did not bat sensibly and threw their wickets and India folded up for 191.
In contrast, SL batted sensibly right from the start. They treated each ball on its merit and did not take any extreme approach like India did (i.e. either over aggressive or over cautions).
If India bat first against SL, we definitely need a total of 300 to defend, given the strong SL batting and our weak bowling. Our batsmen have to take a positive approach from the start matched by sensible shot selection. Otherwise, it could well be a repeat of the match against Bangladesh.
RE:India's Defeat Against Bangladesh
by overblown on Mar 22, 2007 09:40 AM Permalink
a big reason for the loss is too many dot balls. Sourav batted well but intially he could not rotate the strike. The running between the wickets was horriable. Had sourav /yuvi ran properly we could have atleast added 25 more runs. The fielding again was scrwed up. Also if you notice the match against bermuda, sourav start was super slow. He does not rotate the strike. If you cant wack then atleasr rotate the strike and run hard between the wickets. As we all know that sourav is great when he decides to bang it would make him lethal if intially he takes quick singles and stuff.
So basically the dot balls should be reduced and fielding should be improved
SriLanka showed Banglas where they really belong to.Our Boys in Blue are utter wastes.Carrying wastes like Agarkar(protege of the God of Indian cricket)only adds to our woes.still going through the enthusiastic messages of Indian cricket fans who wish an Indian victory over Lanka one wonders what ethics our cricketers possesss......
RE:difference between champions and pretenders.......
by sajjad abdulla on Mar 22, 2007 07:55 AM Permalink
bro i agree with u ...hes utter waste...i dunno i have a feeling hes got sum hign influence or sumthing .....the next match india shud go 4r...dinesh karthik and sreeshanth/irfan pathan.,....wht say ?right na
RE:RE:difference between champions and pretenders.......
by Jitesh Krishnan on Mar 22, 2007 09:13 AM Permalink
Guys check the stats before commenting..what the f*ck do you know about cricket then??Irfan pathan should be in the team but not at the expense of agarkar but as a batsman in place of karthik who's so unrealiable..what has zaheer done so far..He screwed up our world cup 2003 by starting off with an opening over conceeding 15 after which aussies never looked back.. Agarkar has got a much better strike rate than both zaheer or munaf and consistently bowls faster than the two 270 wickets from 178 matches, nine four-wicket hauls, two five-wicket hauls, an economy rate of 5.05 and a bowling average of 27.41. But sadly for Agarkar, his non-performance with the bat, especially the way he has always been looked upon.. check your facts and your partisan attitude before firing off such silly comments!!!!!!
RE:RE:RE:difference between champions and pretenders.......
by Ram ji on Mar 22, 2007 09:56 AM Permalink
Do u think econ rate 5.05 is great??? Munaf's econ rate is 4.53 and avg is 27.60 Zaheer's econ rate is 4.87 and avg is 27.48 Irfan's econ rate is 5.02 and avg is 25.91
What much better strike rate do u find here??? First u stop commenting before knowing others statistics. Agarkar can take only wickets of tail enders.
RE:RE:RE:RE:difference between champions and pretenders.......
by Wilson Wilson on Mar 22, 2007 10:31 AM Permalink
Good Ram ji, nice assessment ji. keep it up. people like you make the chat room more meaningful.
Bulls eye mate Sam..you are dead right here.. Mate... As I had already told you in my earlier discussion that Srilanka gonna beat BD by a big margin and It came true.. Now the next news is India is going to beat Srilanka by 40-60 runs or 5-6 wickets so that both go through, some can question my prediction by saying why Srilanka want to lose those 2 points against India which they carry to the next round...I told you in my earlier discussion also that MONEY AND MARKET POWERS ARE BIGGER THEN GAME NOW, Srilanka can afford to lose 2 points but market cant bear the jolt of no qualification of India..
So guys just chill out and I'm giving you guarantee that It is going to be true.. I'm not telling you this in the air, infect I talked to one bookie in England where booking is legal.. He told me just one thing "don't worry, India will go through"
RE:RE:ICC will fix this
by Prakash on Mar 22, 2007 07:59 AM Permalink
You have such a herd mentality. If your statements are true, pakistan would have never gone out. ICC knows india pak match is bigger than the finals itself.
RE:RE:RE:ICC will fix this
by Ian Chappel on Mar 22, 2007 09:00 AM Permalink
Come on! mate Prakash if team like India and Pakistan need the help of bookies to win the match against country like Ireland or even Bermuda then they should better stop playing...ha! ha! As far as Ireland match was concerned if was totally unexpected for Pakistan and was just an accident and nothing else.!
RE:ICC will fix this
by MuraleKrushna Sb on Mar 22, 2007 07:10 AM Permalink
yeahh buddy you are 100% right... Next match will be fixed.. India will win srilanka and both the teams will go to next stage.... If india does not qualify then there huge revenue loss...
RE:RE:ICC will fix this
by sameer naik on Mar 22, 2007 07:57 AM Permalink
pakistan's exit has also cause a huge revenue loss, wonder whether your bookies were sleeping that time ?
SL's victory over Bangladesh by this big margin is in favour of India. Ofcourse we have to beat SL, however, if we manage to do that, then Bangladesh would most likely be out on the net run rate basis.
Dont worry about the next match mate...it is fixed by bookies and India and Srilanka both will go through..It doent matter here wether Srilanka carry those 2 points or India,matter is this Money pressure is too high then Game spirit..I'm giving you guarantee of the result...chill out mate dont bother about India's qualification, India is goin to qualify for sure..!
RE:Result in India's Favour
by Samir Niljikar on Mar 22, 2007 08:41 AM Permalink
We have to ask Mandira Bedi what she feels and what that Tarot Card Reader feels !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I always suspected TOI of its anti-indian moorings but this takes the cake: Guys I just came across this article in TOI..just read it to see what Times of 'India' thinks about Indians
RE:RE:plz read
by deepti sharma on Mar 22, 2007 06:56 AM Permalink
MUKUL KESAVAN MAY BE LOSER OF THE FIRST ORDER BY WRITING SUCH AN ARTICLE FROM NOW ON I WILL NOT READ TOI
RE:RE:RE:plz read
by Kannan on Mar 22, 2007 07:12 AM Permalink
i dont see anything wrong with the article. it speaks the plain truth. we have millions of half baked fans and media who high light failures as mistakes. why cant these fans protest or burn minister's bunglows for no proper roads or proper health care or infrastructure..if they want to server the nation they should concentrate on these things rather than attaching Dhoni's house which is height of stupidity
RE:RE:RE:RE:plz read
by dhiru guri on Mar 22, 2007 07:31 AM Permalink
hey gr8 say dude i pretty ashamed of my countrymen not fighting for right cause , most of being educated still don't how be civilised .anyhow have read the forum about sir woolmer's sad demise in rediff wether its natural,sucide or anykind homicide , i feel like shooting my self . it was but equal to stupid communal roits .
RE:plz read
by Full2njoy on Mar 22, 2007 07:31 AM Permalink
there is nothing wrong in the article. its all true. The Indian fan SUCKS and SUCKS big time.
RE:RE:plz read
by Full2njoy on Mar 22, 2007 07:35 AM Permalink
Or else how do you explain some stupid fellows attacking Dhoni's house after the B'desh match? What has Dhoni's family got to do with his game?
An overhyped game followed by some overhyped morons.
or else how do you explain ads like hoo...haa...india. Its nothing buy a whole load of GAS.
RE:RE:RE:plz read
by Siddhu Warrier on Mar 22, 2007 07:56 AM Permalink
That's a brilliant article. And people like Deepti and whoever it was that wrote the original comment expose their narrow-mindedness and refusal to accept criticism of any sort by the reactions they show.
RE:RE:RE:RE:plz read
by biswajit singh on Mar 22, 2007 09:38 AM Permalink
its not about narrow-mindednss dude. while some part of the articles are true, there are others which are inorrect. when the author says that the indians don't play cricket i think he's mistaken coz i think even mumbai has more cricketers than england and there is a high level of competition to make it to the top level. naturally ppl will expect their cricketers to perform well. the media should also be blamed for glorifying criekters when they win and then taring him apart when team india looses. well india is known to choke at the start of the world cups. so lets hope for the best and and stand by them.
RE:Lanans
by Ian Chappel on Mar 22, 2007 07:35 AM Permalink
Dont worry about the next match mate...it is fixed by bookies and India and Srilanka both will go through..It doent matter here wether Srilanka carry those 2 points or India,matter is this Money pressure is too high then Game spirit..I'm giving you guarantee of the result...chill out mate dont bother about India's qualification, India is goin to qualify for sure..!
RE:RE:Lanans
by sandhya moni on Mar 22, 2007 08:47 AM Permalink
are you just copying and pasting the same message, you have said the same line 5 times already!!!
RE:Poison found in Woolmer's room
by bharat on Mar 22, 2007 07:57 AM Permalink
The ICC is involved in his murder. Nothing will come out from the investigations.
RE:RE:Poison found in Woolmer's room
by Full2njoy on Mar 22, 2007 11:21 AM Permalink
Q: What is common between a Bengali and Sperm? A: Only one in a million work.
Q: What is common between a bong and Inzy bhaiyya? A: Both stink. Inzy bhaiyya because of all the aloo. Bong as usual from the mouth.
