Everyone is talking about how Dinesh Karthik stole the thunder and left the Bangladesh Team exasperated by thwarting their quest to “win” a tournament. I must say that every Sportsman has a flashy day if he/she is playing and given an opportunity. I don’t follow Cricket so ardently now after the match-fixing scam, not knowing whether what I am watching is just wasting my time watching what has already been “fixed”. Dhoni is and has proven himself time and again that he is a “super cool” finisher, whereas Dinesh fails to match up by any yardstick. There have been more than one instance (the matches that I have watched) in the past when this Karthik fellow did have the opportunity but squandered it away by not grabbing it. Yes, I strongly believe that he is no match to MSD and it would not be correct to compare him. A great player exemplifies himself by taking the bull by its horn especially in pressure situations and MSD has done it on numerous occasions. Dinesh is just an ordinary cricketer who had a good day.

All said and done, the “action” that Cricket Australia has decided to take against Steve Smith & David Warner (their career is almost sealed as the Cricket would have moved on in one years time) should be a lesson for us; for whom such a drastic action would most certainly be unthinkable. Imagine if Virat is at any point of time is found to be guilty of any such misadventure, would he be banned for this long…or would we have banned the God of Cricket, even though his name did figure in one of the incidents where it was later clarified that he was merely cleaning the seam and not tampering the ball…we just would not have the balls to do it…the personalities over-shadow the game here in India. Both Steve and Warner are the backbone of the present Australian Team, but what the hell…sportsmanship to the fore. The way to go…