It has come to the knowledge from privileged sources that the Board of Cricket Council of India is all set to exert pressure or its influence in the international arena to put a stop on sledging. With this end in view it has been learnt, the BCCI will submit a proposal to the International Cricket Council or ICC to ban sledging from the elegant field of cricket.
Well it must be said that the thought is both honest and wise. But how much it is going to produce in reality is the greatest question of the day. Now, as far as sledging is concerned, this is not the first time when different nations are sharpening their swords against each other. There were several similar occasions in the past, when the saga of sledging within the field led to heated scuffle outside and a severe jolt to the international media. The international media used to be taken aback witnessing the extent of rowdy postures of the contending teams in those days, but no longer.
It shoud be noted that the latest conflict was ensued in the recently completed test series between India and Australia where sledging returned once again in the field with all might. On the last month the whole cricket world was vitiated by the raging controversy when spinner Harbhajan Singh was charged for allegedly racially abusing Australia's Andrew Symonds. The off-spinner was later cleared at an appeal.
Whe Niranjan Shah, the Secretary of India's Board was asked by the correspondent of the Hindustan Times newspaper on this he said, "Cricket is not a physical, contact sport and we don't see why there should be any abusive language at all." He also clarified that in the coming days he would formally make the request at the Chief Executive Committee of the ICC destined to meet in Kuala Lumpur, and any word that bordered on the offensive should not be tolerated.
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