Monday, April 18, 2005

WAKE UP ICC

ITALIAN SOCCER GAINTS A.S.ROMA are asked to play three of their champion's league matches in a closed stadium.Month's later another of the ITALIAN GIANTS "NERAZZURRI"INTER MILAN was punished by the UEFA to play the next four european cup matches in an empty stadium as punishment for the crowd trouble that forced the Champions League quarterfinal against AC Milan to be abandoned.Remember that INTER MILAN and A.S .ROMA are indeed big names in the fottballing world as is INDIA in the cricketing world.then why on earth is crowd violence being given a blind eye by the cricketing world.The champion's of crowd violence"THE EDEN GARDEN" crowd still get to see the best teams in the world battle it out.Their credentials....DISRUPTING THE INDIA-SRI LANKA world cup semi final resulting in SRI LANKA being awarded the match,DISRUPTING the INDIA -PAKISTAN asian test championship match etc etc.The latest incidence was witnessed at the KOTLA ground where the crowd started to show its real colour when india had lost six wickets for peanuts chasing 300+.Why is the governing body afraid to take action against these kind of unsporting behaviour .Unless and until the officials garner the guts these kind of hooliganism will continue in its way.

2 comments:

nestpa said...

I agree with that view of yours. They'd better take this and many other cues from the other sports. Simply referring to cricket as the gentleman's game isn't enough. There's more to gentlemanliness than just talking about it. So there.

nestpa said...

And Ani, I'd like to hear your views on the new Coach!
And it's long since your last post. You can't keep your reader's waiting, can you?