Match Fixing and Sachin Tendukar

Posted on May 24, 2013 by ramanan50

In the days of Wealth, Wine , Women and Match fixing Sachin Tendulkar stands in his sterling character.

More than the Cricketer,’ the Man behind shines through.

Match fixing rogues need not look beyond,Tendulkar,Rahul Dravid and Sourav Ganguly how to be honest amid temptations.

DOING A PENANCE: Sachin Tendulkar does “go puja” at end of the two-day “sarpa santharpane” at Kukke Subrahmanya temple in Dakshina Kannada .

Let us look into an instance when reportedly asked the then Captain and Match Fixer (Azharuddin?) to fold up.

“This is reported by the Daily Bhaskar.

Sachin Tendulkar’s super human feats on cricketing turf are well-known. So is his generosity, humility and discipline off it. What is not known to many, save a few senior cricketers and sports journalists, is the fact that Tendulkar, while captaining India, effectively shut the doors on a former Indian captain and few others he suspected of dubious motives.

When the match-fixing saga was unearthed at the turn of century, Tendulkar along with Saurav Ganguly and a few other senior cricketers decided to take the fixing menace head on, and while ensuring they performed to the best of their abilities to win games for country, Tendulkar & Co also decided to show the door to corrupt cricketers.

The BCCI was duly informed, however no public posturing was done by Tendulkar.

The board, however, didn’t prosecute those involved in fixing scandal, despite the then South African captain Hansie Cronje claiming that he had been introduced to bookie MK Gupta by the said player.

The other cricketers involved were not charged with match fixing by the CBI which was then investigating the case, as the agency couldn’t find strong evidence against them. However, Sachin had done enough to ensure players with suspect integrity never donned Indian colours again.

In fact the players who were ‘unofficially’ barred from playing for India were under suspicion even before the match fixing scandal emerged. For instance, there was a wicketkeeper who was the only one on the field to not appeal for a catch in spite of the ball being clearly nicked by the batsman. There was also a batsman who got out carelessly in a Test in spite of being asked to bat cautiously by the team management.”

Source:

http://daily.bhaskar.com/article/SPO-when-whistleblower-sachin-shut-the-door-on-indian-captain-4272253-NOR.html?HT3=

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How To ‘Practice, Resolution’ Yoga Sutra 1.13

Posted on April 25, 2013 by ramanan50

Having spoken about the prerequisites for streamlining the Mind to enable it to do our bidding, Patanjali tells us how,

Practice.This is closely associated with and inspired by, our resolutions.

The more one practices more steadfast one becomes and the more one is resolved and motivated, the Practice becomes easy and regular.

Practice requires blind adherence to your resolution, come what may.

This is true of any action for that matter.

You deliberate on something, decide on it and act.

If you hesitate or pause , the action will become difficult to perform .

You get nagging doubts about performing the action and later it becomes a doubt on your ability to perform.

To quote an example,look at some cricketers like Sehwag and Sachin Tendulkar.

Sehwag is passing through rough patch in his form.

His shots have become tentative and his body language negative on the field, clearly conveying self-doubt.

This is due to a wavering resolution and self-doubt, fueled by comments by others.

He had been advised Vivian Richards, not to show fear even if he has,for every one has them, and go blasting on the field.

He came good.

Tendulkar said much the same thing when he had a slump in form, when recovering.

Do not listen to others when you are practicing.

Nor should you discuss your Resolutions with the others.

It would slow you down if not break you.

So, having taken the resolution, go ahead and practice.

And trust your resolution.

This principle applies to breaking bad habits as well.

I used to smoke 80 Cigarettes a day.

This, I was doing for 19 years.

Then, one night as I was smoking in my office around 10 pm, I thought that it was silly to smoke and threw out the packet and I have not smoked since.

The reason is that there had been a resolve to kick the habit away at the back of my mind but it was just that I could not bring myself do it.

If your resolve is strong, you will do it.

Another point is that if your resolutions are sparked by or reinforced by those whom you love, then you do it.

I used to drink and had been for nearly 30 years.

One day my daughter came to me(she was 25 then) and said to me,

‘we want you, do not Drink any more”

I stopped Drinking from that Day.

So two things are important,

Follow-up your resolutions blindly and

Have it reinforced by those who love you.

That’s it.

Two great points by the sastras.

Never disclose your Pooja or Mantras to others.

Always surround yourself with Satsang (people of Good Thoughts and Deeds)

Remember it is equally important to have the Grace of God for these Sadhanas.

So much so, Yoga, called as a Nastika System(Atheist), for Sankhya and Yoga do not believe in the Testimony of the Vedas( Astika is one who believes in the Testimony of The Vedas), because it does not believe in it, is forced to accept personal God as Iswara for Yoga Practice.

His Grace is necessary, even Patanjali.

Now onto the Sutra 1.12.

Yoga Sutra 1.13

tatra -in regards to these [abhyāsa and vairāgya]
sthitau - standing firm [`as in battle'] standing, staying, situated, resting or abiding or remaining in
yatnaḥ - effort, activity of will, volition
abhyāsaḥ - practice, repeated or permanent exercise, discipline, use, habit, custo

The practice requires Firmness of Resolution and Practice.

Directing The Mind, Yoga Sutra 1.12 (ramanan50.wordpress.com)

Indian Cricket Team For Test 2012

Posted on December 8, 2012 by ramanan50

The Indian Cricket team battered and bruised by the recent defeats needs a policy change.

To help the selectors I have chosen the present team for the Nagpur Test between India and England.

I am sure this would deliver!

The 1971 Indian touring squad. Back row, L to R, RP Mehra (manager); EAS Prasanna; D Govindraj; BS Bedi; BS Chandrasekhar; AV Mankad; P Krishnamurthy; K Jayantilal; S Abid Ali; Col. HR Adhikari (team manager); Front row, L to R, SMH Kirmani; GR Viswanath; DN Sardesai; Abbas Ali Baig; AL Wadekar (cpt), S Venkataraghavan; FM Engineer (wicketkeeper); SM Gavaskar; ED Solkar;; The Oval, August 1971

Sunil Gavaskar.

Cheteswar Pujara.

MS Dhoni.(c&wkt)

Kapildev.

Javagal Srinath.

Bishen Singh Bedi.

EAS Prasanna.