The IPL Shame

India is known to be a cricket crazy nation. People here eat, live and sleep cricket. 8 to 80 years; every one is a diehard cricket fan. Cricket is more popular than the national sport of India, Hockey.

But this year the cricket crazy fans received a big blow, when three IPL players were slapped with serious charges of match fixing. It was totally unexpected that a player like Sreesanth can also be a part of this treacherous act. No one expected that the ever excited dancing cricketer talent would be involved in match fixing. The incident has not only broken the hearts of millions of Sreesanth fans but has also forced the IPL fans to think that this T20 format of the game is a paid business. Even the final match of IPL 6 was speculated to be a fixed one.

The real drama has started post IPL with the involvement of Bollywood actor like Vindoo Dara Singh, business tycoon and co owner of Rajasthan Royal owner Raj Kundra. BCCI has taken strict steps against all the players involved in match fixing and has barred them from playing any matches in the future. But the big question is what example did the whole incident portray to all those young, aspiring cricketers who dream and idolize these sportsmen? Well, the answer is certainly a negative one. It has broken the trust and faith of common man which is quite difficult to restore. Personally, I was hurt when I came to know about such a heinous crime (couldn’t give it a more appropriate term).

The title of my blog is therefore in sync to the alleged involvement of the D company in IPL 6 as it is said that the three players of the IPL was on the radar of D company since the last few years and all of them have been paid an exorbitant amount of money.

I want to conclude by saying that this incident will not in any way bring a major change in the outlook of Indians towards Cricket but will certainly change their perception that they have towards the T20 format of the game.