This is not the first time we(or the esoteric leadership of ours) have decided to sacrifice the cricket ties with Pakis at altar of "tough talk". The irony, though is where we(again...) were holding fragile Pakis(and subsequent concern for security of players) as prima facie for calling off the scheduled cricket series; post 26/11 we scrapped it because of carnage that followed in Bombay(our intel, leadership lapses, our pathetic internal security that is just not able to keep pace with the economic boom and attention we seem to allure) . Actually our intelligence, our internal security lapses and of course the democracy have lead to the 26/11, and revoking cricket ties will do little if at all; the terrorist organizations don't give two hoots about the game, let alone stop pulling the crap.
(What do you want Cricketers to be? Symonds was (is) one! Not an angel and certainly not a fiend! )
Chennai has got Mumabi's back:
About the historic win that we were able garner against the really admirable English unit, i think will be anything but anesthetic. Cricket or for that matter any other game is just where some highly talented individuals take the center stage to showcase their talents and it has without a doubt some good entertainment value, but they are not the heroes, the saviors of life. Its at our behest to tackle the proceedings outside the arena.
It is self contradicting to play cricket series with a country with whom you are talking of going on a war. So,I think govt's decision is just.
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