CRICKET IS NO MORE A GENTLEMAN'S GAME.

What's Cricket, is not a topic to write down at all. Because I believe you, the crazy Cricket Fans, know the maximum about Cricket. But in brief it is a team game. The eleven players who play on the field represent their whole Nation all among the World. It was, It is and It will always remain a huge dream for any Cricket lover to wear his National Cap on the field. To perform the best at his level on the field or off the field to make his team the winner is the goal of any player. Usually players accept the question "Why I am selected in the playing eleven and not any one else?" to answer on the field only. This is the game of Gentleman's and these terms are widely accepted by the World. But does it worth the same now-a days too ?

To smoothen the process of official & formal activities for any team respective Boards were made.International Cricket Council was formed with the support of all the Boards.To make the game clean and clear, rules and regulations were made and also accepted by all the Boards showing a strong unity. Rules were just nothing but to make a fence for the emotions of the players both on and off the field. It was a good attempt, all that can be said. Cricket got a good competition with the other games and gradually spreaded its wings to all over the world. The History of Cricket is expected to be formed from England. The real performance being a competitor with the sports man spirit maintained on the field made the game to reach to a different height.It forced the people to change their mind and to concentrate on Cricket. It took many years  with several modifications on the basic, we are watching Cricket like this.Test Match Cricket was the main platform to proof anyone's ability in earlier times. But to make the game more interesting One Day International was introduced and now to make it more interesting T-20 Cricket is introduced.So, experiments are always going on to make the game more closer to its fans.But it may be easy to reach at the top but to maintain itself on the same height for a long time is a challenge. So the formats are changing gradually. 

Cricket is popular for its spirit which is now on a depreciation.Players joined Cricket teams to make the game their profession.But now-a-days, players join the National Team on the merit of their talent and when they prove themselves on the format, they abuse the power of their names on promoting products or brands. The recent condition is, the more you appear on the Television on selling products the more popular you are. Players used to compete  for the awards like Man of the Match or Series to earn some extra money legally. They earned money with their performance only. But now-a-days, players are getting offers to attend ramp shows, personal parties, to act in videos to show their talents in the other fields too. No doubt, these are all appreciable if and only if your performance is more louder than your other activities and should be within a limit. To earn more in a little time being a Cricket Player has encouraged the term Match-Fixing also. This is a process to lose your respect in front of your Nation and also in front of your fans to grab some money due to greedy nature. It will act as a curse on you for a life time.

The name and fame of the game is compromised on the introduction of Sledging, involvement of Bollywood, introduction of IPL, Match-Fixing, and many more. It has become only a medium now. I have not gone through the controversies on the filed of Cricket so deeply  because my words do not need any proof. It is what Cricket wanted to say to me. Yes, I am huge fan of Cricket rather a good Cricket that is tending to lose its existence. I am a fan of Cricket just because of only one of ideal belongs to this industry. He's famous for his achievements in the field of Cricket, for having a clean and clear career of 20 years in International Cricket, for his patience, for maintaining the sportsman spirit through out his career and mainly making India feel proud for his ideology being a huge celebrity. He's none other than Sachin Tendulkar. I miss the gentleman-ship in the game of Cricket. 

                                               

Change the attitude otherwise only fixers will survive and the fans would treat you as a waste of time. Young Cricket Players should try to believe on "Give respect and take respect". Try to make your performance speak for you, not your mouth or not your power. Aggressiveness is good for Cricket but for some extent. try to maintain your limitation and move ahead. 

Keep Smiling.

Mahaprasad Mishra.