Monday, September 26, 2005

Harsha, Why Are You Quiet ?

Harsha, I would want you to come up with your stand on the whole mess Indian cricket finds itself in. I am a huge fan of your columns where you provide such a beautifully balanced view yet leave not doubt what your stand on an issue is. I think your column on Mohammad Kaif's innings against Zimbabwe before he got that wonderful hundred against NZ was a brilliant piece of journalism - not harsh or overcritical yet made the point - and I'm sure Kaif got it. You, in your columns are quite different than you on TV where often you have to let the opinions of the experts take centre stage - though you and I know they are often not free of bias and politics and prejudice.

You are the voice of Indian cricket. You are to Indian cricket what Tony Cozier is to the West Indies or Richie Benaud to Australia. It is not right of you to let this ball go by and concentrate instead on scoring on the BCCI elections. Almost every Tom, Dick, Harry and Sanjay Jha in India has had his say. We don't care about these. We want your opinion. Please grant it to us.

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