Cricket is still a game of gentlemen, says Ajit Wadekar – Cricket News Update
The former Indian skipper, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ajit-Laxman-Wadekar-c42461, claims that cricket is still a game of fair and sophisticated people, despite the fact that some negative elements lie at its heart. He also backs the chastisement the three Pakistani cricketers including Mohammad
Asif, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Salman-Butt-c2418, got for their alleged involvement in the spot-fixing scam.
According to Wadekar, the penalty was mandatory to send a warning message to other players and eliminate all illegal practices from the game.
Talking to the media yesterday, the former captain, “This punishment was necessary to purge cricket of corruption. Even if there are a few dishonest players, cricket is still a game of gentlemen.”
Wadekar suggested that such type of corrupt practices and persons cannot tarnish the image of cricket which still poses to a top game and contains a handful of classy players.
The past batting rock-star’s comments came a day after a British Crown Court announced severe imprisonment terms for the spot-fixing trio including their agent, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mazhar-c75448 Majeed. Butt, who was leading the side when the scandal erupted, was jailed for 30 months
while Asif and Amir received 12 months and 6 months of punishment. Majeed was enchained for 2 years and 8 months.
Prior to this, International Cricket Council (http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 at Lord’s last year.
This outrageous controversy, which is regarded as the biggest one of recent history, has spurred shockwaves all around the cricket world, provoking the governing bodies to formulate some stringent laws to hamper corruption in the long run.
On the eve of outpouring his views about the verdict, Wakekar also showered praise on India’s God of Cricket, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SR-Tendulkar-c2556, and predicted that his 100th international century might come during the West Indies series.
He told, “Sachin will reach the 100th international century during the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mumbai-c820."
The 70-year-old represented Team http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 in 37 Test and 2 ODI games from 1966 to 1974, scoring 2113 and 73 runs respectively in the two formats.
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