At the outset let me make clear that I am not absolving Azharuddin of culpability. However, I felt that Azharuddin was a simple man inadvertently caught in the vortex of match fixing. Maybe forces too powerful sucked him into the abyss or he was compromised and powerless to fight them. Whatever, be it, when another suspect Ajay Jadeja, goes around pontificating on NDTV and struts his stuff on other platforms, why is Azharuddin victimised?
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Perhaps the devil made him do it too?
Possible. The fact is he is the only one punished.
Others like Warne, Mark Waugh, Gibbs are still well regarded members of the cricketing fraternity.
A society is judged by how it permits the rehabilitation of those that have already paid their debt.
I agree John.But have we failed in the case of Azza?
best way will be that azza launch his own channel?? ;-))
Wasim Akram, Inzamam are also well regarded members of th fraternity...
Only Azhar and Saleem Malik are the ones abolished.
For all them it was a case of being sucked in. They probably did it once and then could never get out of it.
As they say in most movies - dealing with the underworld is a one way street. U can get in but never get out.
The ICC and other boards wanted to set examples and Azhar, Malik, and Cronje were the scapegoats.
Others were let scot free.
And the worry is that it still happens.
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I THOUGHT AJAY ALREADY SERVED OUT SOME PUNISHMENT. IF U CAN RECOLLECT WHAT AZHAR SAID WHEN HE WAS FIRST ACCUSED U MAY GET AN ANSWER. FOR THE RECORD HE HAS ONE MORE MATCH TO PLAY TO COMPLETE 100 MATCHES. WHEN HE WAS TAKEN BACK I UNDERSTAND SOME PLAYERS WERE AGAINST HIS INCLUSION AND HE WAS NEVER SELECTED AGAIN.
Victimized all right beyond doubt... he may have been corrupt but they didn't find anything. So they treat a great player like shit... only in India folks. Or there is more than what meets the eye and for some strange reasons they don't want to associate with him...maybe guilt.
also nayan mongia, lest we forget.
Ottaya, when convicted murderers and all manner of scamsters continue to rule the political roost, to let Azhar go like that was certainly our collective failure.
Pan,
tarting his own channel - Azza can certainly afford it.:)
Q,
A lot of scape goats.
Maybe Azza and Malik weren't smart enough!
Ravindran,
Sure Jadeja was punished, but now he is back, making a living out of cricket.
Whereas Azza is an outcast.
Scorpi,
They don't want him. Period.
John,
It our collective failure. Mongia deserved mention, but altleast he is still associated with cricket.
MONGIAS RETURN WAS ALSO NOT LIKED BY SOME PLAYERS. HE IS ALSO DOING SOME EXPERT COMENTARY IN A CHANNEL.
Ravindran,
Mongia turns up in Headlines Today.
(However, I felt that Azharuddin was a simple man inadvertently caught in the vortex of match fixing)
A brave statement indeed, Otty. I for one, have no sympathy for Azhar missing out on his 100th test or anything similar.
But I agree with Bindra. The worst punishment for Azhar was to ban him from playing cricket. He has paid the highest price for his misdeeds.
Now to stop him from attending functions related to the game or from commentating is nothing short of ridiculous.
CG,
Azza erred and paid the price. However it is high time they also recognised his achievements.
For had Cronje been alive, the SA would have found some way to utilise his services.
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