Gandhigiri in cricket

"It is finished. The punishment is only for using obscene language."

That's the relief in Indian camp when Harbhajan was let off the racial charge and was only fined for using abusive language. There is obviously a lot of celebration on the Indian side but the Australian side is truly the other side of the coin. There are quotes indicating BCCI's money power pulling the strings ! They accuse ICI of bowing due to the power of BCCI. Oh, nice to hear that, thank you.
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People are relieved that the player only 'used abusive language' as if that was a lesser crime...
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What a way to celebrate Gandhi Jayanthi!
Hope the teams seriously take a lesson on Gandhigiri from our Munnabhai.
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And to lighten up a bit, here is one of those forwards but an evergreen one with a great sense of humor through play of words:
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I wondered why the baseball was getting bigger.....and then it hit me.
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Police were called to a day care where a three-year-old was resisting arest.Did you hear about the guy whose entire left side was cut off? Well!!! He'sall right now.
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To write with a broken pencil is pointless.
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The short fortune teller who escaped from prison was a small medium atlarge.
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A thief fell into wet cement. He became a hardened criminal.
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Thieves who steal corn from a garden could be charged with stalking.
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We'll never run out of math teachers because they always multiply.
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The math professor went crazy with the blackboard. He did a number on it.
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The geology professor discovered that her theory of earthquakes was onshaky ground.
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The dead batteries were given out free of charge.
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If you take a laptop computer for a run you could jog your memory.
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A dentist and a manicurist fought tooth and nail.
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A bicycle can't stand alone; it is two tired.
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A will is a dead giveaway.
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He broke into song because he couldn't find the key.
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A calendar's days are numbered.
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A boiled egg is hard to beat.
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He had a photographic memory which was never developed.
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Those who get too big for their britches will be exposed in the end.
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When she saw her first strands of gray hair, she thought she'd dye.
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Acupuncture: a jab well done.

Have a nice week :)

Sydney replied @ Perth

Just a blog earlier, I quoted Sanjay Manjrekar that the Indian team should "play and defeat them at their own game" rather than bowing to sensationalised public opinion that they cancel the tour and come back.

...India record one of their most amazing victory overseas...

Stay back, they did. What an amazing reply they gave the Aussies! That too in a pitch supposed to be the happy hunting ground of the Aussies, a pitch where they predicted that India wouldn't last three days.

Stop them from bullyimg, intimidating and sledging the opponents and stop the umpires from giving them unbiased support from ageing umpires and immediately their 'invincibility' gets questioned. Well, that statement was a bit strong. Rather, a 16 time champion should not be discussed in such a way but then the team's behaviour at Sydney actually removed all sympathy towards them, even if they deserved any.

May be their burden of the world record was too heavy for the Aussies. May be the acrimonious events of the Sydney Test ate into their conscience but a well deserved world record of 17th straight win was spoilt. Even the one individual who led the team for the last 12 straight wins, Ricky, could not do any more than watch his dream go in tatters.

But what followed the win was a great spoiler for the ardent fans back in India - dropping Sourav, Laxman & Dravid for the ODIs.

Now the great Indian public wants the selctors to be sacked. Earlier they wanted and actually got one umpire removed from the series and now the fans want the players to be in the team.

Guess its not any different in Australia either as they too polled their opinion to sack Ricky for cheating in player's verdict for a catch taken.

It's a consumer's market, by all means!