Indo-Australian Match-fixing

by Dr. Abdul Ruff Colachal

(October 21, New Delhi, Sri Lanka Guardian) Match-fixing is not a new phenomenon in cricket; it has been going on ever since cricket was introduced by the Englishmen as a sport of “gentlemen” in order to keep their colonies in good humors. No introduction is needed about India’s hidden agendas or to tell about Indian greed for big status in every thing and its fight for some importance in world affairs. It is using its militarization of Jammu Kashmir as a trump to showcase its military power to UNSC. Indians are so proud as fine shooters against others that any counsel to take them out of their self-importance dream world would be simply futile.

Australians are world champions in cricket, while Sri Lanka remains the Asian Champions in the field, while India has been crying over its failure to reach any where near. Recently years, therefore, India has been indulged in match-fixing to highlight importance of some of its players. Matches are fixed in such a way that the end result is foretold. The powerful cricket mafia, as it is widely known, is behind the matches and guiding the players via different techniques.

India thinks in today’s world only deceptive methods like “match-fixing” and bribing would be beneficial to Indian greatness. For quite some time now India has been trying to defeat the world champions somehow and the media are dying too hard to project any inch of success in sport to the maximum extent. Off late, there has been a lot f tensions between the teams since Indians fight with the Australian cricketers. On flimsy grounds, while the actual reasons seem to Indian disappointment with Aussies with their not “cooperating” with Indians. Australians clam they do favor Indians, but luck does not and hence Indians fail miserably even with all the pro-India techniques being employed by them. One formula reached out by them is to let Indians win the toss and make the best possible score and Aussies underplay in such way Indians don’t lose just like that.

Current Test between India and Australia in India is interesting too. In stead of three or five, they have decided to play only four matches. They are supposedly underplay to show they are weakened by India and make Indian team appear super team, and Sachin the greatest cricketer of the universe so that he could be given some more national awards. Thus Aussies have now helped the Indian team in a big way. First they have helped Sachin to make a new record by breaking the Lara’s world record. Plus, then they have also given 100 runs to Ganguli as a parting gift. In order to make it appear they are not doing anything for India under Indian pressure for money, they also give some 50s and 100s to others as well in a sustained manner.

Nice Australian Guys, allowed too many runs for Indian kids. Now Indian guys should reciprocate by giving them all 100 runs minimum. Indian prestige is at stake now. India has to honor agreement of giving Ponting another 300 runs in return for service for Sachin and Ganguly. Aussies nice guys and should ask Indian boys to let them have hundreds each for their selfless services to terrorist India.

Australian cricketers or Aussies are indeed nice guys. This time Australians have helped Indians in a big way. Sachin etc make and break records as per match-fixing. They let Sachin to “set” his record straight, Indians don’t even thank them. Indians gave just 5 runs to Ponting and 54 runs to Hussy, why? Indians are obsessed with number games. What a people and what a country? Enough of dramas!

As per match-fixing, it seems, Australia should get 3 matches and India the final one. The main goal of the test matches is to clear the case of Sachin, but the Ganguli case came up on the way when he declared to leave cricket for ever. Then the Aussies have considered his case also sympathetically and offered him 100.

Zaheer Khan, who has been fined, is angry because the Aussies did not give him another 50 plus. But he should understand the match-fixing “rules” or norms. They have priorities, Sachin, Gaurav were more important than Zaheer. If he understands the "rules" he could even become the captain some day. Other wise, he could be thrown out of team and would never play cricket in life. After all Zaheer, a Muslim is just tolerated in Indian team. If he reads the writings by Indian cricket fans in Indian media being promoted by anti-Muslim Indian media controlled by intelligence, he would understand where exactly he stands. Indian media just don’t want Muslims gain any importance in the country, in sports inclusive and they mercilessly criticize them if they don’t prove their “worth” and in fact the media don’t like Muslims to reach the top positive news items, except in areas like the so-called “terrorism”. Indian media are keen to portray Muslims as unwanted “terrorists’. Indians and their media burn with disgust when a Muslim, despite all the ill-minded Hindu odds, shines. Zaheer should realize any Indian Muslim who wants to shine has to behave like a slave with Hindus, worse then the Kashmiris.

But Indians are ungrateful to Aussies. They don’t thank them, let alone appreciate their cooperative pro-India actions. Indians are though, practical people who know the worth and value of money. Meanwhile, Australian team needs to be appreciated for their cooperative spirit playing against India hosts. Both Ponting (05) and Hussy (54) could be given an Indian government scholarship or a job or a coach post in due course. Now Indians should let them play their real bating and fielding. India could use its ready cash to uplift the poor people and electorates, in stead of bribing for boosting self-importance. - Sri Lanka Guardian