Indian Cricket and Mulliwhaikkal Battle Field

ICC – International Cricket Council, what it should be, but in practical it is Indian Commission for Cricket amounting to International Cricket Collaboration for Indian Cheating Cricket, is known as ICC

Cricket was introduced to the 3^rd world countries by the British colonial rulers as a game for Gentleman, who uphold the principles of fair-play and sportsman ship – spirit of the game while playing the game. But in contrary all sports are played and competed among individuals and teams to uphold those three aspects and develop trust and goodwill among the participants and more importantly, the nations as well represented by the participants.  All the international sports bodies have laid laws and regulations based on above principles and ensure that the objected tasks are equally fulfilled while the organized competitions and matches take place among and between the member nations.
All sports local bodies of member countries are involved collectively with the respective international principal body, to upgrade the playing conditions, and improving the umpiring for equal application of law for all competitors, and intervening at appropriate time to make sure that an unfair paly do not give unjustifiable advantage to one side – all using ultramodern technology. …..in a modern soccer match even an off side rule is confirmed by replaying the monitoring TV visuals and in Tennis the out ball is confirmed by similar manner.

The game cricket does not fall into that fair play, spirit of the game, fair play etc. anymore. All important equality to all participants not ensured of; as long as the cricket rules and regulations were under the sole authority of Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) and spanned out to member nations everything was going on smoothly and lived up to the name of “Game of Gentleman”. Since 1993 Global cricket was transferred to ICC and England’s local Cricket was taken over by Test and County Cricket Board of England, (TCCB) and every cricket loving people all over the world thought it was good for the sport of cricket to have unfettered from the hold of major nations of cricket England and Australia. But it is not to be, the sport known to be gentleman’s game slowly being bled to death under the ICC and becoming cheating traders’ paradise – no more a game of fair play. On top of it third world cricket boards are well infiltrated by unscrupulous bookies as well – Only countries who have local bodies free of infiltrating bookies are Australia, England and New Zealand  and I am not dealing with that, but the Indian monopoly of cheating cricket of the modern day.  If two different cricket series taking place simultaneously, one against India and the other one is not involving India, the later one only will employ a neutral system and the India involving series will use an erroneous system.  Every Indian cricketer is part of it either knowingly or unknowingly and the man who is known as God of Cricket in India Sachin Tendulkar is no exception – in fact he was made the main culprit of the present day unscrupulous scenario in International cricket by politicos of India.

By 2007 ICC was able to test a system known as Decision Referral System (DRS) to reduce the umpiring errors and promote and develop the sporting spirits through TV replays, Ball -Pitch Mapping and Tracking and sounds for the absolute dismay of India.

India does not want such an error removing or reducing system in place categorically and is adamant against any improvisation further in particular umpiring in cricket.

Why India is shunting the Decision Referral System (DRS) in Cricket

Indian cricket fans are not just fans they are fanatics of India winning cricket only – and the Indian Politicians whoever it may be wanted to keep on that fanatic spell of huge populous cricket spectators, for their selfish benefits so that to divert the populace real livelihood problems at the expense of natural intriguing spell bound ups and down of a meaningful game of cricket – and I dare to declare that there are around 20 million or so populace of India who do not even know what a game of cricket is. There is a clause stipulated by ICC claims that bars politics mixing with game cricket and its local cricket board of a country but India is cleverly maneuvering it in disguise; but ICC smells even a pot hole politics dribbles into the other smaller nations’ cricket board, jumps to the feet as of spirit a sport had been lost, and sees at as a threat to the game, if it is India ICC is blind.

What happened in 2007 trail test series for Decision Referral System (DRS) ICC undertook

India was only apparently silent until the Decision Referral System was first tested in Sri Lanka when the both nations met in a Test series of three tests in 2007. In fact they had put in place insinuate actions to keep out the best available option for better umpiring decisions for a lesser controversial results when such a system was set in motion three or four years before that particular trail test series; neither openly criticized nor welcomed it.  At the behest of Indian political authorities The Board of Control for Cricket for India (BCCI)

Prepared for the trial test series in maneuvering manner.

An electronic engineer by the name of Anil Kumbele was made captain for the three test series and all of its players were advised not to walk and to make and everything harder for the technology and umpires. Indian hope and guess was that there would be some mistakes and they could hang on to that as a blunder of DRS.  Anil Kumbele the skipper of the Indian team that featured the Trial Test Series in Sri Lanka made blundering appeals all to be negated as have been fixed by his mentors, if not how would one explain the referrals made by an experienced cricketer of the caliber of Anil Kumbele? Sachin Tendulkar in his part did not walk as he usually does – for a catch bounced off his bat’s backside when it was caught – on field neutral umpire negated Sri Lankan appeal, but Mehela Jayewardene signaled “T” as for decision referral and the TV replays clearly showed that ball touching the back bat of Sachin Tendulkar and well into the wicket keeper’s gloves – and the third umpire had to declare the batsman out, a naturally honest cricketer Sachin was made dishonest by Indian Political manipulation in cricket – no wonder he was made a parliament member on retirement though in pretext of his illustrious carrier record.

When we elaborate on India’s inferior thinking –Mahela Jayewardene the opposing captain in the Trial Test Series was very successful, 11 overturned out of fourteen as against Anil Kumbele had only one overturned against the same number of referrals.

India lost the trial test series, but it could not hang on to any straw, to find fault technically with the system tested, but blatantly refused to move on with the rest of member countries of the ICC. At least India could have said that they were optimistic and would submit some proposals for an improved version after that trail test series was over, rather than totally rejecting the system blindly on the basis of losing the test series. BCCI is yet to clarify or explain the flaws they claim to there in the DRS, though boasts to be a technically superior nation with rocket and atomic bomb science knowledge.  The Indian chairman of ICC had succeeded in making the DRS system is only optional and not mandatory and have ensured of benefits with the umpire errors, particularly the home series in India. Even an overseas series can be influenced by many means for one sided errors.

This system offers a captain of a team, unlimited opportunities of successful appeals against the suspected decisions of the on field umpires. In other words each and every team is entitled for two unsuccessful appeals.  India is the only cricket playing nation permanently opposing the opportunities of reviewing the on field call of umpires and the ICC has permanently stipulated or agreed to Indian pressure that India does not need to apply DRS in any bilateral series, against any country anywhere.

The ICC has miserably failed in its responsibilities, and washed off its hands on implementing and ensuring equality of playing conditions among the member countries   before taking into count all the matches and individual performances with or without DRS for rankings- this is a gross injustice for the team playing against India considering the circumstance lead to the application of DRS internationally played games. Cash striped ICC have to listen to India, for the cash pumped by India through IPL proceedings but is it worth at the expense of equal playing conditions. It is unjustifiable releasing of flawed rankings and making monstrous propaganda on it.  

If blatantly put, Indian cricket enjoys the errors of the on field umpires and that amounts to fixing of matches particularly of those take place in Indian soil conveniently under cover of human error! Even after TV replays have been introduced to fix the human error, India had meddled with the decisions of the TV Umpire (3^rd umpire) using the organizer status to the good effect. A classic example was Sachin Tendulkar declared not out after initial footage showed he was clearly run out during a world cup match in 1996. Indian history of umpiring in cricket is horrible. We all know what happened in ICC World Cup finals 2011. When India was chasing a modest total of 276, wickets were tumbling, and visiting Rajapaksha and Namal were pressurized (on the lines war crimes) and as a consequence Kumar Sangakkara released himself of leading national cricket team after the treacherous end to the final. ICC does not want to burn its finger. That is the reason behind President Maithripala Sirisena to offer a High Commissioner posting to Kumar Sangakkara on his retirement day from international cricket.  

India is hosting another ICC event this March 2016, all ethics of sports will go six and lost!

BCCI is constantly pressuring Sri Lanka Cricket to be under dog to them, through various means, particularly after the war, we don’t need a cricket administration body just to obey whatever BCCI orders – because India presently on an all-out mission to prove all its neighboring nation are technically naive to it, for its political maneuvering of not just cricket  alone, in other fields as well on the pretext of friendly nations and our politicians and the State leaders has become bulls of Indian Bullock Cart, just shake their heads and pull it the Indian way all along. 
India was successful in unequivocal terms in pressuring the Sri Lanka Cricket for suddenly inserted rehearsal tours just before three major ICC tournaments, to the total dissatisfaction and displeasure of the players and this has become a continuous menace. If Sri Lanka Cricket administration cannot stand on its own and analyze to foresee the dangers and continue the way colonial time meekly submissions to another Cricket Board, better to surrender totally and play cricket as Associate members of ICC and  play Ranjit Trophy all along with Indian States and attain more benefits from IPL.  

If Sri Lanka Cricket had insisted for DRS in the inserted tours India would have been easily budged off of pressuring Sri Lanka Cricket!

At the moment India using Sri Lanka, most probably through war crimes threat to the good effect to meet its own ends of maneuvering!   Bulls of Sri Lanka for Indian Bullock Cart!!

India also pressurized Sri Lanka to bail out Suresh Raina, when he was found red handed sleeping with a sexy decoy off a prominent bookie. There were no any reciprocal benefit for Sri Lanka from a so called friendly Nation  

 This so called technically superior nation has neither any inclination towards keeping the Decision Referral System nor inclined to put forward an improved version of the present DRS, which other Test playing nations would prefer adhering without any complain whatsoever. Particularly the associate members of the ICC welcome the system with both hands, because the system somewhat annihilates complete monopoly of a full member team over the associate members through wrong umpiring decisions in which umpire psychology always have tendency to favour the full member and more, thus there are greater chances recognizing of cricketing talent from the associate member teams – thank god all ICC organized fixtures are played with DRS system.  

One think is very clear, for the game of cricket to retrieve its’ older tradition being a Gentleman’s Game ICC has to be freed from Indian clutches and England & Australia alone should play pivotal role in ICC structuring as in the good old days, or otherwise all member countries should contribute equal shires.

For Sri Lanka it better to fall on the legs of enemy than on the legs of witness (of ?)