Congratulations to the West Indies cricket team for winning the first Test match against England in the on-going home Test series in the Caribbeans. The English team fell like a pack of cards. Historically speaking, this proved to be England’s third lowest score in Test cricket.
The excellent win of the West Indies can be attributed to the brave show put up by the team spearheaded by its skipper, Chris Gayle.
And, of course, who can forget the pace and swing of Jerome Taylor?
History will provide testimony to the fact that the day the star-studded English team was bundled out, some of its superstars were ‘auctioned off’ to the lucrative IPL league for millions of dollars.
The fact is that IPL has proved to be a distraction not only to the English players but other cricketers, as well. They have been lured by the glamour of wealth, gold and money.
The cricket fraternity should not forget that nobody, not even IPL, is bigger than the noble game of cricket and playing cricket should never be dictated by a few powerful movers and shakers.
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