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Rains in Cricket?

It has become common knowledge that rains could be created artificially through various means. One most important technique to create, shift or stop rains is through operating the satellites for the purposes. In countries like India it has become a routine matter to "switch on and off" the satellites to bring in rains or stop them wherever and whenever they are “necessary“ for "specific" purposes. It seems that rains are created even during the sport events to help a particular team. In cricket, for instance, it has been consistently observed that rains fall when one team emerges strong and the chances for the “favorite” opponent team to win look almost ruled out by the watching specialists.Communication here takes place momentarily.

The recent match between Australia and India in Bangalore on Sept 29, 2007 is one such case in point. Australia bated first and Michael Clarke's third century in one-day internationals helped Australia post a comfortable 307-7 against India in Bangalore. Clark hit three sixes in his 132-ball knock, putting on 144 with Brad Haddin, who made 69 in 83 balls, but however, his 130 came with 132 balls. India found itself in great troubles. Indian innings were so meager 9 runs for 1 wicket (2.4 overs), of Tendulkar, to expect any possible win against visitors. Tendulkar faced 6 balls before being caught lbw, sending shock waves across Indian viewers. Then “came” suddenly the “fortunate” (and probably ready) rains, possibly to save the home team from possible disgrace at home after becoming the unexpected lucky winner at the recent 20/20. Rains in Bangalore began falling in the third over of India's reply to end the tourists's chances of making a winning start to the seven-match series. One cannot exactly say if rains fell in to cricket or the other way round.

The speculative question is whether India or Australia or any other nation or an international body has used satellite or any other remote mechanism to create/shift from other areas rains on Sept 29 at the stadium area in Bangalore knowing full well that India was on its way to lose the first one-dayer there, Rahul’s hometown. Other related questions are: Was the rain-making a joint project of the countries concerned, or only an Indian project? Is there a cricket mafia, like other mafias, operating internationally? Is cricket (and other sports) linked to the trade relations of the countries concerned and do they make “adjustments” in sports to promote the so-called national interests too? Does cricket mafia control the outcome of the Cricket? Is cricket mafia linked to the satellite “owners”?

If satellites and mafia control the outcome of cricket, where is the point in talking about good bating and bowling? In other words, the real sport in cricket is lost when other non-issues are clubbed together with sport. As a result, even records set up by sport-persons become under clouds and credibility of sport and match gets lost, especially in cricket, the game known to be played by gentlemen. It is unfortunate, then, that the well organized sport events are becoming farce because of immoral interference from other sources in the course of sport. One hopes some remote-technology experts could clarify the actual position in this regard and help save cricket and other types of sport from becoming totally farce in future. Success achieved in sports is questionable if unfair means is employed by some countries, mafia or the sponsors. The second one-dayer at Kochi vindicated the position that some "rain mischief" was done in Bangalore. Fair-play is always welcome in sports.

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DR.ABDUL RUFF Colachal
Freelance writer from Delhi