One good performance is all that is required to save yourself, to be praised and to spread short term memory loss amongst star frenzy cricket fans. Ten continuous failures are forgotten with a single scintillating performance. A disastrous away tour is forgotten after a One day series victory over a lowly ranked team. A belligerent hundred or a fiery five wicket haul needs to be praised but does not cover up your earlier mediocre or even worse performances. Or, does it?
Similarly, the cricketing world, the media and fans have just lost memory of the scandalous IPL. Have all forgotten those episodes? Sreesanth for that fact openly speaks about returning to the Indian team. Is entertainment and money making the only reason to run the sport? Where is the spirit of the game? Where are the sport loving authorities who run the game? Where are the genuine critics? Where is that genre of cricketers who play for the love of the sport? Where are the true fans who love a good game of cricket without prodding much about who the winner is? Where is the sport, CRICKET? Hope we do not end up losing a magnificent sport amidst all the chaos that is surrounding it.
