"'> There's 'More' to it - 'The Chappel Way'
2 Comments Published by Apocalyptus on Tuesday, April 04, 2006 at 9:14 AM.
"The Chappel Way" - as the title of this post goes, is nothing but an extensive training program for young aspiring cricketers conducted by Australian International Sports Academy (AISA) and supervised by Greg Chappel himself.
For an Indian youngster the cost for taking part in this programme is about 90,000.00 Rupees, exclusive of travel expenses.
Now, there is an ex-Police Constable Sunil More in Mumbai who has got a 12-year sentence for raping a college-girl in broad daylight in a place like Marine Drive. During the trial, this culprit cried and said “Mujhe phansi de do, maine kuch nahin kiya. Badnam karne se achha hai ki mujhe phansi de do” (Hang me. I've done nothing. Instead of disgracing me like this, please hang me.) Sunil More got his punishment.The execution took a year after the young girl was molested by a drunken More. By Indian standards, it happened in real quick time. The judiciary and all the people involved did a good job preventing justice to be delayed because JUSTICE DELAYED IS JUSTICE DENIED. More got what he deserved. But what about the poor girl? If cops, who are supposed to come to civilians' rescue when they are in distress, themselves become criminals then where the hell will common people go to seek help? May be the Police Department and the Government will offer some compensation to the girl and her family but will that be enough to wipe out the scar this incident left on her body, mind and soul completely? This is just a simple question with no simple answer to it.
Okay. From Sunil More's case, let's get back to another More, I mean, Kiran More's case, that is, "The Chappel Way". Sonia Gandhi and Jaya Bachchan recently resigned from the Parliament and Bidhan Sabha respectively because they were holding "Offices of profit". Now, our BCCI Selection Committee's 'Baap' Kiran More also holds one. You can See here also. And, instead of investigating further in the matter, the BCCI just waves off the whole issue and says it doesn't know of anything of that sort.
The BCCI didn't take any action even when this happened two years back.
Now, even after the whole picture has become so clear (it was never clearer before), what do we get to see? Here is the list:
1. Different yardsticks being applied to different players.
2.Virender Sehwag is retained in the ODI squad in spite of consistent non-performance (34 matches without a ton).
3.Mohammed Kaif is still in the team in spite of scoring 17 runs in the last 7 games with 4 consecutive ducks.
4.Freshman Robin Uthappa being preferred as an opener over Sourav Ganguly.
So, the moral of the story is : The BCCI Selection Committee CAN PICK ANYONE BUT A CERTAIN INDIVIDUAL WHO LIVES IN A PLACE CALLED BEHALA IN A CITY ON THE BANKS OF THE RIVER GANGES. Why? Because if they pick him, the business collaboration between their baap and his pardesi saiyaan might cease to exist.
It is always good to see youngsters getting chances but that doesn't make the word 'EXPERIENCE' non-existent.With Sachin Tendulkar out of the team for quite some time and with the top and middle order consistently faltering, the expreience of a man who has 10,000 plus ODI runs and 22 ODI centuries to his credit would have been handy. There is still a substantial amount of international cricket left in Ganguly but he is being victimized again and again, making his chances of staging a comeback increasingly slimmer day by day. There would be a time when these people will realize Ganguly's importance in the team and will decide to bring him back but it might be just too late because he is already in the twilight of his career. Will that comeback call be a compensating factor for what damage the vindictive Kiran More has already done to him and his career?
Isn't there a striking similarity between the girl who was raped by Sunil More, a bastard and Ganguly's career which has been brutally damaged by Kiran More, another bastard ?
For an Indian youngster the cost for taking part in this programme is about 90,000.00 Rupees, exclusive of travel expenses.
Now, there is an ex-Police Constable Sunil More in Mumbai who has got a 12-year sentence for raping a college-girl in broad daylight in a place like Marine Drive. During the trial, this culprit cried and said “Mujhe phansi de do, maine kuch nahin kiya. Badnam karne se achha hai ki mujhe phansi de do” (Hang me. I've done nothing. Instead of disgracing me like this, please hang me.) Sunil More got his punishment.The execution took a year after the young girl was molested by a drunken More. By Indian standards, it happened in real quick time. The judiciary and all the people involved did a good job preventing justice to be delayed because JUSTICE DELAYED IS JUSTICE DENIED. More got what he deserved. But what about the poor girl? If cops, who are supposed to come to civilians' rescue when they are in distress, themselves become criminals then where the hell will common people go to seek help? May be the Police Department and the Government will offer some compensation to the girl and her family but will that be enough to wipe out the scar this incident left on her body, mind and soul completely? This is just a simple question with no simple answer to it.
Okay. From Sunil More's case, let's get back to another More, I mean, Kiran More's case, that is, "The Chappel Way". Sonia Gandhi and Jaya Bachchan recently resigned from the Parliament and Bidhan Sabha respectively because they were holding "Offices of profit". Now, our BCCI Selection Committee's 'Baap' Kiran More also holds one. You can See here also. And, instead of investigating further in the matter, the BCCI just waves off the whole issue and says it doesn't know of anything of that sort.
The BCCI didn't take any action even when this happened two years back.
Now, even after the whole picture has become so clear (it was never clearer before), what do we get to see? Here is the list:
1. Different yardsticks being applied to different players.
2.Virender Sehwag is retained in the ODI squad in spite of consistent non-performance (34 matches without a ton).
3.Mohammed Kaif is still in the team in spite of scoring 17 runs in the last 7 games with 4 consecutive ducks.
4.Freshman Robin Uthappa being preferred as an opener over Sourav Ganguly.
So, the moral of the story is : The BCCI Selection Committee CAN PICK ANYONE BUT A CERTAIN INDIVIDUAL WHO LIVES IN A PLACE CALLED BEHALA IN A CITY ON THE BANKS OF THE RIVER GANGES. Why? Because if they pick him, the business collaboration between their baap and his pardesi saiyaan might cease to exist.
It is always good to see youngsters getting chances but that doesn't make the word 'EXPERIENCE' non-existent.With Sachin Tendulkar out of the team for quite some time and with the top and middle order consistently faltering, the expreience of a man who has 10,000 plus ODI runs and 22 ODI centuries to his credit would have been handy. There is still a substantial amount of international cricket left in Ganguly but he is being victimized again and again, making his chances of staging a comeback increasingly slimmer day by day. There would be a time when these people will realize Ganguly's importance in the team and will decide to bring him back but it might be just too late because he is already in the twilight of his career. Will that comeback call be a compensating factor for what damage the vindictive Kiran More has already done to him and his career?
Isn't there a striking similarity between the girl who was raped by Sunil More, a bastard and Ganguly's career which has been brutally damaged by Kiran More, another bastard ?
Obviously, Ganguly is out for reasons other than cricket and merit.
Who said Ganguly is being destroyed ? The olny thing he needs to do is play domestic cricket and perform some good knocks. The team is not his personal property that his place will be guaranteed. And by the way, Ganguly wasen't dropped just for a months bad performance, it was because he was performing terribly for about 2 years. His average in the year 2004 was about
19. How can he expect to come into the team without performing in the domestic level. If it is believed that he sould be given another chance, why dosen't he play domestic cricket and produce just some good knocks. He haven't done that yet ... can you tell me why ??