World Cup Mind Games
By L.H. Naqvi

WHEN Wisden, the Bible of global cricket, lambasted International Cricket Council Chairman Jagmohan Dalmiya for being soft on match-fixers, our reaction was predictable. We saw in the attack undercurrents of racism and launched our Patriot missiles on Wisden’s editors for demanding Dalmiya’s resignation. It was not a case of irrational anger. Dalmiya was sought to be punished for someone else’s trespasses.

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