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^^ I don't think that Sachin, Saurav and Rahul should call it quits just yet. It's good to have a mixture of 'old and new' within a team. The youngsters bring in energy whereas the seniors have the experience. But like you mentioned, the more senior cricketers aren't treated in a good manner and tend to get dumped in a terrible manner. That's why it's best for the players to decide themselves when to call it quits at the right time before they are mistreated or sidelined.

What do you guys think about racism in cricket? Australia, and a couple of incidents in South Africa have shown that despite the sport being an international sport, some fans have no respect for others cultures. Do you think the ICC have handled the matter well.....esp with Australia that at time have a very OTT crowd?

Originally posted by: *Aaliya*

What do you guys think about racism in cricket? Australia, and a couple of incidents in South Africa have shown that despite the sport being an international sport, some fans have no respect for others cultures. Do you think the ICC have handled the matter well.....esp with Australia that at time have a very OTT crowd?

Do endorsments, parties and lavish lifestyles affect the performance of players in general and if so, to what extent?

Originally posted by: *Aaliya*

^^ I agree, esp about the ICC. No offence to anyone but at times I think the ICC is a lil bit .....racist 😳

Bhajji- Symonds: interesting! I actually think the media took it a bit too far. Maybe because it involved an Asian rather than someone from a non-Asian team....it gave the media more masala! But I think it was stretched a bit too much, not only by the international media, but the media in India as well hyped it more than they should have. I agree, racism has no place in cricket, but this was not the first incident of its kind. The media were behaving as if it was the first case in the history of cricket!

And to be honest, the Aussie crowd have said some very nasty comments in the past to Asian players and also Monty Panesar from the England team ...they said he can't be an English player because he doesn't look English lol. Ignorance! Yet they manage to get away with it. Why is it that Bhajji was given so much emphasis...colour of th skin perhaps?😉 I also remember reading Jayasuriya's interview in which he said that he was called a monkey by an Aussie bowler. It has happened so many times, yet gone unnoticed.

Plus, Bhajji was cleared- right?

I hope no one thinks that I have anything against Australia, because I don't. In fact some of my fav players are from there lol 😎 I'm just giving examples to back up my point 😳

Originally posted by: *Aaliya*

Do endorsments, parties and lavish lifestyles affect the performance of players in general and if so, to what extent?

Originally posted by: xmanisha

ok .. nobody gave me a topic .. so i would like to start one .. i just heard on star news that Sreesanth & Bhajji/Harbajan are going to be in a reality show called 'Ek Khiladi, Ek Hasina' which will be aired on Colors .. is it ok that cricketers are going to be a part of a realityshow? isn't it better if they stick to cricket?

would love to hear your views about this.

Manisha <3