Cricket is about pushing one’s limits. But cricketers today seem to be pushing the limits of decency says Actor, Jackie Shroff
They say cricket is about pushing one’s limits. But cricketers today seem to be pushing the limits of decency
Who called it a gentleman’s game — the English, who spent half their time trying to knock out the Australians? In fact, now it is more subdued. The players are covered from head to toe.
Earlier, there was bodyline bowling when Douglas Jardine tried to smash the living daylights out of Bradman’s boys.”
Jackie Shroff. Actor and ardent cricket fan
Gentlemen are probably stressed
Cricket is still a gentleman’s game. The sledging that Pakistan and Australia used to get into has reduced considerably, and that’s a good sign.
The present controversies are indeed an unhealthy trend which are exposing flaws of this generation of cricketers. But this could be happening due to high levels of stress. Vinay Rohira
Today’s cricketers need more discipline
With the controversies surrounding the game, one can hardly call it a gentleman’s game any more. And this is not doing the game much good.
Lack of discipline has beleaguered the game, thereby starting an unhealthy trend. It’s sad to see that though the cricketers should/ have to follow a code of conduct, nobody sticks to it. Prakash Rai
The new ICC: Indian Commercial Cricket
Cricket has ceased to remain a gentleman’s game. This is evident from the controversies the game has been embroiled on or off the field. Never before has cricket been dragged into such controversies.
I guess the present generation cricketers have no love for the game, but are there only for money. The game has become too commercialised. Akhil Nagpal
What they do off the field doesn’t matter
Gentleman's game or not, I love the game. I'm not bothered about what cricketers do off the field. To me, their performance on field is what matters. Just watch the game and appreciate or criticise their performance. Let them do their own things, why bother? Nikhil Jadhav
Bad Boys’ Club:
Ricky Ponting gestures to Sharad Pawar to hand him the trophy, in contravention of all protocol Damien Martyn nudges the BCCI President off the stage
Zimbabwe Test cricketer Mark Vermulen was banned for one year for on-field violence. A few days later, he was charged with setting a section of the country's cricket academy on fire
Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammad Asif banned for using performance-enhancing drugs
Shoaib Akhtar accused of slapping coach Bob Woolmer and of drunken brawls in a discotheque apart from unpleasant behaviour with Greg Chappell’s wife
Statistical evidence:
The number of penalties imposed on players for breach of the ICC’s Code of Conduct has increased since the code was enforced in 1992:
Year No of breaches
1992 9
1993 5
2004 35
2005 36
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