Gavaskar on England and Australia

[batoutofhell]

I usually don't like his comments(mostly biased) but still his argument here has some valid points


Link for the article: SuperCricket


Looking for an healthy debate

[wilyoldfox]

Originally Posted by batoutofhell

I usually don't like his comments(mostly biased) but still his argument here has some valid points


Link for the article: SuperCricket


Looking for an healthy debate

I dont think you have been unbiased thinking that way.

[batoutofhell]

wilyoldfox, can you elaborate it?

[wilyoldfox]

I mean i thought of gavaskar as one of the men who told the truth in the press and didnt care about what effect it would have.

[Seamer]

Originally Posted by batoutofhell

I usually don't like his comments(mostly biased) but still his argument here has some valid points

What exactly were those valid points batoutofhell? What, like this one?

Originally Posted by Gavaskar

"Still, it is a habit that is hard to get over, and so it is anathema to think that those who were the ruled can one day become the rulers."

None of this is valid. It's in the past. The fact is that Gavaskar is of a generation of Indians that have a deep inferiority complex. And a huge chip on his shoulder as a result. I feel sorry for the man, i really do, but what happened in the past is in the past, and really, it's time to move on.

Their time is gone. It's the younger generations turn now.

But what the new generation make of their opportunity, that is the question. Are they going to continue their parents racist philosophy? Carry on the inferiority/superiority complex? Or move into a brighter new world as equal partners?

The reason i say this is that i was somewhat disturbed by some of the commentary made by people around the internet during the recent India tour to Australia. There was genuine hate flying around, and it was not compartmentalised to cricket, but somewhat general in nature.

This says to me that many young people have been injected with the same poison that flows in their parents/grandparents veins. Where will that lead to? Vengeance? It is this very racial hatred, inferiority/superiority complex, which allowed WWII to take place.

Now one thing is certain. When one wishes to dominate something, they only end up destroying it.

I say it is high time we stopped listening to these old people, with all the f*cked up issues and complexes, and pack them off to their retirement homes where they belong. When you look at the world we have inherited from them, we can only conclude that they are failures, and i for one have no wish to be party to making the same mistakes they did.

[batoutofhell]

Seamer i completely agree with your views on Gavaskar

for me the comments on team/player's honesty felt pretty valid

"Every controversy in international cricket has shown that no country has the monopoly on honesty and integrity, and so should not be looking down upon others"
I mean no players are saints hence match referees should not take player's words as a Proof and give the verdict(i am not trying to defend attention crazy harbhajan)-if found guilty with valid proof player should be punished (not too long ago we witnessed the michael clarke's word on taking proper catch in the slip where the replay showed it wasn't)i am not for player's words in these kind of situations
Technology should be used in all possible ways if it is inconclusive then benefit of doubt should go to the accused

I am not trying defend gavaskar's comments on India's hegemony or other blah blah things

I still maintain my aversion to biased comments of Gavaskar.I would rather listen to courageous Manjrekar on his unbiased comments than this past player with full of arrogance(unfortunately ESPNStar can not have him in their team of coward commentators because he speaks truth about players-Especially Indian players)