....and he drops the catch. Kulasekara misses it." screams Ian Chappell, in the finals of the T20 world cup, this year. My heart says,"Wow amazing effort by the fielder there." Never once did I doubt the intent behind the dropped catch. He tried and he couldn't take it. That was all there was to it.
But there are millions of people whose mind immediately says,"this match is rigged. The team has taken money. This is going to be a stale meat."
Inside of me, the idea is ridiculous. I know for a fact that fixing is a huge word and throwing it around when a team is giving its best is something very hard to listen to and keep quiet.
I know that IPL has put money ahead of the game. I know that the possibility is very much there. The temptation of riches might very well have influenced many players but the fact that they will put money ahead of the game is a scary thought.
Belief is something that I very much have on the game and its players. There were instances were there has been rumors/ speculations and even charges against players for match fixing. But I think that those players do not deserve to have anything to do with the game. They are the ones who have been given the national cap and if they do not know how to cherish it, how to take the game forward, how to play every game with diligence and responsibility, I don't know why they even took up the game in the first place, to be honest.
In the end, it all comes down to what the heart says. If your heart wants to believe the game, then go ahead and believe it, truly and never once doubt it, no matter what.
But if your heart says that Gambling/ Fixing and rigging is the way of life, then I cannot help you.
I will, till the end of life, believe in the purity of the game and the honesty of its players.
Even if Sachin comes to me and says that the match was fixed, I don't think I have it in me to believe it.
That is me and that is who I will remain to be.
Aishwarya Kumar.
But there are millions of people whose mind immediately says,"this match is rigged. The team has taken money. This is going to be a stale meat."
Inside of me, the idea is ridiculous. I know for a fact that fixing is a huge word and throwing it around when a team is giving its best is something very hard to listen to and keep quiet.
I know that IPL has put money ahead of the game. I know that the possibility is very much there. The temptation of riches might very well have influenced many players but the fact that they will put money ahead of the game is a scary thought.
Belief is something that I very much have on the game and its players. There were instances were there has been rumors/ speculations and even charges against players for match fixing. But I think that those players do not deserve to have anything to do with the game. They are the ones who have been given the national cap and if they do not know how to cherish it, how to take the game forward, how to play every game with diligence and responsibility, I don't know why they even took up the game in the first place, to be honest.
In the end, it all comes down to what the heart says. If your heart wants to believe the game, then go ahead and believe it, truly and never once doubt it, no matter what.
But if your heart says that Gambling/ Fixing and rigging is the way of life, then I cannot help you.
I will, till the end of life, believe in the purity of the game and the honesty of its players.
Even if Sachin comes to me and says that the match was fixed, I don't think I have it in me to believe it.
That is me and that is who I will remain to be.
Aishwarya Kumar.
I agree with you. I can't believe people would actually put money before the game. Even in IPL, it is extremely hard for me to believe. Remember how both of us felt so emotionally disturbed after hearing the match fixing allegations during the summer internship? Same beliefs here. I don't think SL fixed/rigged the match. It's such a foolish, baseless and absurd allegation. After almost 30 years this team has reached the finals, Gayle was so confident they'd win it...despite all of this why would the fix the damn match? It's just that SL are the better team today. Nothing else. I sometimes feel that these allegations are seriously putting down the effort by the other team! That's just so unfair...gah.
ReplyDeleteI'm with you on this. I too find it hard to believe that these players actually have it in them to rig matches like this. Sometimes the only exception is one loser/cheating team!
Good one,
Nidheya.
And the Windies have the last laugh! :D
ReplyDeleteYES. :D
DeleteAmazing. I love how you are so strong in your conviction. How it will not change no matter what. That is how it should be and it is amazing that you feel this way .
ReplyDeleteAlways,
Paro
Thank youuu. :D
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