Unifying teams

The slap of Harbhajan on the face of Sreesanth is shocking news indeed. Punjab XI could not even celebrate their first win in the IPL, courtesy the behavior of Bhajji.

Harbhajan, is notorious for his behavior on and off the field. Even when he was in the Australian Cricket Academy, he was sent back for his misbehavior in the night club. Then he was less than 19 years of age. Since then, Harbhajan, worked hard to prove repeatedly that his behavior is unacceptable to many a portions of the cricket fraternity.

Time and again, Harbhajan was protected by the BCCI stating that opponents are biased against him fearing his bowling (while his bowling is not a killing factor at all). However, here the allegation comes from a fellow Punjabi – Yuvraj Singh himself. This recent incident comes as a shot in the arm of Australian cricket board for their stand against Harbhajan. This incident drives one to think that what Symonds said would have been true also. (Menu-ki as monkey sort of jokes are long forgotten now)

One can expect that BCCI will try to hush up all the things and push it under the carpet. Sreesanth will say, “It’s all in the game and we have long forgotten it” Bhajji would say, “I apologized to him” blah blah blah…. However, the fact that remains is Bhajji’s behavior is unacceptable and it is proven.

Perhaps, Harbhajan is not taught of the fact that “Success is not the destination but only a milestone”. It is agreed that nothing succeeds like success but this success should not rule one’s head. Bhajji was not taught of the ethics of the game or even the basic civic sense. Psychologically one might say the failure of Harbhajan as a person per se, is attributed to the fact that he is treated as a celebrity even at home.

Harbhajan said that he is missing Sachin. My advice to him is, “Do not miss Sachin in your team only for the sake of runs. You are missing him on the behavioral front also. Having been with the likes of Sachin and Dravid, how is that you have not learnt a characteristic called modesty?”

More than all these worries, the very concept of IPL is shaken. Everyone was talking of unification of teams and all differences will be buried and now onwards cricket will be played among friends and all sort of explanations were given. However, this incident is totally opposite to what they expressed.

How can now Bhajji, Sreesanth and Yuvi play in one team without differences? A crack in the mirror will remain a crack always. IPL that is supposed to unify the teams is doing reverse now!