Much has been talked and written about the Indian tour of Australia, of double standards, of sportsman spirit, of 'integrity' or absolute lack of it, of the extent a team can go to dominate, of the yardsticks used to evaluate 'our team and 'their team'.
And it feels bad that Indian team has been at the receiving end of all these. Yes. There have been other teams at the receiving end in the past, if not to this extent. It has been a height of double standards by the Australians coupled with incompetent and probably highly biased umpiring.
It makes me feel that "All teams are equal but some teams are more equal than others"
Like many others, I usually accept that errors are part and parcel of the game, and criticize them, but usually like to take that in stride and not make a fuss of it. But there are times when these 'errors' are not actually 'errors' but something much more and may probably make us question the very basic terms like 'sportsman spirit', 'unbiased', 'fair', 'within the rules', which may now seem more like useless jargons! In these cases 'making a fuss' becomes quite necessary.
But still I hope that 'sportsman spirit' will triumph!
Amidst all these, I am reminded of a quote - "Sports do not build character. They reveal it."
And it feels bad that Indian team has been at the receiving end of all these. Yes. There have been other teams at the receiving end in the past, if not to this extent. It has been a height of double standards by the Australians coupled with incompetent and probably highly biased umpiring.
It makes me feel that "All teams are equal but some teams are more equal than others"
Like many others, I usually accept that errors are part and parcel of the game, and criticize them, but usually like to take that in stride and not make a fuss of it. But there are times when these 'errors' are not actually 'errors' but something much more and may probably make us question the very basic terms like 'sportsman spirit', 'unbiased', 'fair', 'within the rules', which may now seem more like useless jargons! In these cases 'making a fuss' becomes quite necessary.
But still I hope that 'sportsman spirit' will triumph!
Amidst all these, I am reminded of a quote - "Sports do not build character. They reveal it."
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