Angad Bedi believes Cricket is no more a gentleman's game

The recent ball-tampering scandal shook the cricketing world completely as Cricket Australia took stern actions on the trio of the cricketers involved. While the captain Steve Smith and vice-captain David Warner were handed over 1-year ban, Cameron Bancroft suffered 9-month ban from Cricket Australia (CA). The integrity of the team came severely under the scanner has almost everyone bashed the Aussie team. However, now the son of the former Indian cricket Bishan Singh Bedi, Angad Bedi has come up with a statement over the gentleman’s game.

The trio was right away dismissed from the Australian team by their board and the replacements in Joe Burns, Matt Renshaw and Glenn Maxwell were called up. Tim Paine was tipped to lead the side who was about to retire from professional cricket only 6 months ago.

Praises his father

Angad Bedi himself has worked in the cricket-based web series ‘Inside Edge‘ which showed the way match-fixing works in the T20 leagues. When asked about his thoughts if a film could be made on his father, he came down hard at the current cricketing culture. “I think he is such a great personality that the more you write on him, it will be less because he has led his life very openly and fearlessly.”

“It is also important for a person who is making a film to understand how cricketers led their life in those times. Back then, cricket was a gentleman’s game. Unfortunately not any more. So I just feel that if you bring back that era through a film, the future generation will learn from it,” he was quoted as saying by Business Standard. He also spoke on the recent ball-tampering row and believed that whatever happened on the field was wrong. But also termed Steve Smith as a phenomenal player for Australia.

“Whatever has happened is not correct because when you are representing your country as a captain, everybody looks up to you. Not just in our country, but in the entire world where cricket is played, they are worshipped, so it is important for them to become a fine ambassador of the game. They should set an example. Whatever has happened is a bit sad, but Steve Smith has been a phenomenal player. However, I think it was important to set an example because sports should not be taken lightly as kids look up to the sports stars,” he added.

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