Once upon time, Inzi was a gentleman
Actually, he still is on one the most genial of all Pakistani cricketers.
Mind you, I am talking in the context of having players who do not hesitate to bowl beamers at a batsman. Heck, the so called bowler (his bowling action is as suspect as one could possibly be) does not even apologize even as a token measure.
In the light of this, Inzi’s recent gyaan about the spirit of the game being spoiled by India during the Peshawar ODI evoked much laughter among cricket watching circles.
Imagine a player of Inzamam’s class, in the process of guiding his team to victory, suddenly comes in between the ball and the stumps while well out of his crease. And if expects the Indians to let it go, then the least we expect is, he and his team and the epitome of gentleman cricket, Moin Khan should have practiced that before they preach.
Cut to 1999-2000, Eden Gardens, Calcutta. Sachin was the Sachin of old. Most of my readers would know what’s meant by that i guess. He comes near the non-striker’s end, puts the bat in the crease, collides with the most sporting Shoahib Akhtar, and as a result his bat goes up in the air, at precisely that instant the ball hits the stumps and voila!, the most sporting Shoahib, and the gentleman Moin Khan wasted no time in appealing and had Sachin dismissed.
Now, that was some sportsmanship was n’t it?
It’s sad to see even Inzamam who obviously did not have the guts to reprimand Shoahib for bowling beamers deliberately, stoop so low like the Aussies and indulge in mudslinging while in the middle of the series.