I know I am writing this post way after the Wasim Akram issue was over and some other big issues in IPL took over but I was very keen on writing about this one. The point I am trying to make here is that why didn’t any of the political party say anything about Wasim Akram participating in IPL 3 (Wasim Akram was the bowling coach of Shah Rukh Khan owned Kolkata Knight Riders)?
Shivsena made a havoc about the participation of Pakistani cricket players in the IPL 2010 but Isn’t Wasim Akram a Pakistani or is it just that the players would be opposed and not the support staff.
I don’t understand the hypocrisy and the lack of knowledge/dept of these political intellects that aren’t clear that are they opposing Pakistani players or Pakistanis.
If they are opposing just the players, they are against Pakistan players and not Pakistanis. If they are opposing Pakistanis all together, they should oppose Wasim Akram as well.
And another controversy surrounded Wasim Akram that he doesn’t love his nation as he is participating in IPL in spite the Pakistani players were boycotted by the IPL team owners. Poor Wasim Akram couldn’t deal with these issues; neither could he comment on any of these allegations nor was he able to do wonders with KKR bowling who lost 2 important matches when their bowlers failed to defend scores of 180 and 200 an eventually KKR was ousted from IPL 3.
I also think that Wasim Akram could have taken a tough stand and attacked Indian politicians and questioned them on their stand of opposing Pakistani players and not him but probably he kept quite to save his job and avoid further controversies.
Everyone knows what happened when Shivesena supremo Bal Thakrey asked read ordered Sachin Tendulkar to concentrate on Cricket rather than Mumbai vs India issue (when Sachin said he is an Indian first and then a Mumbaikar), also asking to ban Australian Players from IPL and then attacking Shah Rukh Khan’s comment on Pakistani cricket players. Over a year to two, every agenda that these parties have tried to use has backfired on them.
I don’t understand what are these politicians upto?
How will these politicians lead the state or the country?
Why don’t these politicians come up with constructive agendas?
Why don’t these politicians talk about infrastructure growth, sanitation, education etc?
I just pity the poor villagers of India particularly Maharashtra who don’t understand all this and still vote these political parties on the agendas of Marathi Manus, India vs Pakistan etc and not on a growth and prosperity based agenda.
