Cricket, Career, Character
I happened to watch a discussion on NDTV yesterday. Is India a better team than Pakistan? At cricket of course... What else. That's what it was all about. Cricket personalities and experts featured on the show and one of them was Ajay Jadeja.
Mr. Jadeja has played the gentleman's game for India and been idolized by millions like me. The match fixing scandal came to light, his nexus with bookies established and out he went with a five year suspension. He attempted a comeback and failed at that.
Well, the past is past. But to put him in an expert panel..... that merits serious thought.Taking a neutral stand, there are two aspects of the scenario to be considered.
Mr. Jadeja was an International cricketer. A good batsman. A reasonably good bowler (if I remember right). He even captained a few matches and won thrillers. His qualification to render expert opinion and views is unquestionable.
Coming to the moral and slightly emotional aspect of the issue, any decent person would opt not to play rather than fix a match. Mr. J is without doubt, not the best of examples when it comes to this.
If he'd been featured in anything else but this, I wouldn't have given a second thought. If it was match fixing he was discussing, my love for NDTV would have increased manifold. But what was this guy doing at a discussion, judging the Indian and Pakistani teams? Mr. J made mistakes. He faced the consequences, severe (?) as they were. What exactly was the channel trying to communicate? Everyone deserves a second chance no matter what? Clueless is the word. Tell me about it.
Mr. Jadeja has played the gentleman's game for India and been idolized by millions like me. The match fixing scandal came to light, his nexus with bookies established and out he went with a five year suspension. He attempted a comeback and failed at that.
Well, the past is past. But to put him in an expert panel..... that merits serious thought.Taking a neutral stand, there are two aspects of the scenario to be considered.
Mr. Jadeja was an International cricketer. A good batsman. A reasonably good bowler (if I remember right). He even captained a few matches and won thrillers. His qualification to render expert opinion and views is unquestionable.
Coming to the moral and slightly emotional aspect of the issue, any decent person would opt not to play rather than fix a match. Mr. J is without doubt, not the best of examples when it comes to this.
If he'd been featured in anything else but this, I wouldn't have given a second thought. If it was match fixing he was discussing, my love for NDTV would have increased manifold. But what was this guy doing at a discussion, judging the Indian and Pakistani teams? Mr. J made mistakes. He faced the consequences, severe (?) as they were. What exactly was the channel trying to communicate? Everyone deserves a second chance no matter what? Clueless is the word. Tell me about it.
posted by Tangentielle at 9:19 am
1 Comments:
guess u know who i am.
saba karim(who had a short stint as wicket keeper)in headlines today,madan lal in star news,bishen bedi in star news..the list is endless.these people r better off as commentators.i dont know what these channels gain out of analysing a cricket match.they say "sehwag has to start blasting,dhoni has to explode,yuvraj has to burp etc."is this msg gonna reach the players?
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