Motivation

The Indian cricketer is one of the great stars of his sport, which has allowed him to be part of the list of the 100 highest paid athletes of Forbes 

In the list of top-paid athletes in Forbes magazine, world-class stars such as Floyd Mayweather, Leo Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, LeBron James or Roger Federer among others, appear in the top positions. However, among these first 100 only one cricket player, the Indian Virat Kohli, who appears in position 83 ... but ahead of other relevant figures of world sport such as the footballer Sergio Agüero or the Serbian tennis player and number 1 of the world Novak Djokovic (both tied in position 86).

Between June 2017 and June 2018, Kohli, who plays in the ranks of the Royal Challengers Bangalores of the Indian Premier League cricket has accumulated a profit of 24 million dollars (about 21 million euros).

These earnings are distributed in 3.54 million in salaries and prizes obtained and 17.7 million euros obtained in sponsorships. This high figure is due to Kohli being the image of important brands such as Puma, Pepsi, Audi and Oakley as well as becoming the first Uber ambassador in India.

The team was heading to one of the two mosques that have been attacked in the city of Christchurch. The authorities have confirmed the death of 40 people in the attacks

Bangladesh's cricket team escaped unharmed from the shooting in one of the two mosques attacked in the New Zealand town of Christchurch, where a man shot at parishioners and caused an undetermined number of victims.

The attack occurred before they arrived at the site," the executive director of the Bangladesh Cricket Board, Nizamuddin Chowdhury, told Efe.

The team, which was in New Zealand to play three games against the local team, "is now back to the hotel and security measures have been taken," he added.

The director of the Bangladeshi team, Khaled Mashud, also confirmed to Efe that all its members are in perfect condition.

The game scheduled for tomorrow between New Zealanders Blackcaps and Bangladeshis Tigers was canceled until the safety of the players is guaranteed, the New Zealand team reported in a Twitter message.

Four people have been arrested after the shootings inside two mosques of Christchurch, in which there have been "multiple deaths" according to police sources.

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Bаle's Chileаn in the Chаmpions Leаgue finаl аgаinst Liverpool mаrveled the world, beyond footbаll. In fаct, in the concentrаtion of the English cricket teаm severаl imitаtors hаve come out, аlthough with less success thаn the Welshmаn of Reаl Mаdrid.

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The Indian police withdrew this charge to the 15 people, although they are still detained accused of criminal conspiracy and disruption of public order 

Police withdrew the charges for sedition filed against 15 Indians in the state of Madhya Pradesh, in central India, for celebrating a victory for Pakistan in a cricket match, although detainees still accused of criminal conspiracy, Efe reported today police source

The defendants, all of them Muslims, were arrested last Monday in the village of Mohad, in the Burhanpur district, after Pakistan's victory on India on Sunday in the final of the prestigious Cricket Champions Trophy for delivering insults against the team Indian and shout "anti-national" slogans.

The detention of young people generated great controversy in the country after it was known that the Police had accused them of sedition.

"These arrests are absurd and the 15 men should be released immediately," Amnesty International (AI) director in India, Asmita Basu, said in a statement issued this week in which he argued that the sedition law should be abolished. for being "generic and vague" and threatening freedom of expression.

According to section 124A of the Indian Criminal Code, a crime of sedition incurs who "generates or attempts to generate hatred or contempt, or excites or attempts to excite discontent

In the last year and a half there have been several cases in India in which the sedition law, a rule of the British colonial era, has been invoked to respond to protests and criticisms against the Government and groups of Hindu nationalist line.

An Indian actress and politician was denounced last August before a court for saying that "Pakistan is not hell."

Days before AI was also denounced by sedition after allegedly slogans were launched against the Indian Army and the country during a demonstration against human rights violations in Indian Kashmir.

India and Pakistan have maintained a dispute over the Kashmir region since their independence from the British Empire in 1947, for which they have fought two wars and several minor conflicts, with repeated violations of the ceasefire on the de facto border in this region.

They have been arrested in the Burnhapur district, with a large Muslim population. They are accused of sedition and criminal conspiracy, crimes punishable by life imprisonment in their country 

The tense relationship that India and its neighboring Pakistan live since they gained independence from the British in 1947 and decided to separate for their religious orientations lived a new episode yesterday, when the Indian police announced that 15 people of Muslim religion have been arrested and accused of sedition and criminal conspiracy to celebrate Pakistan's victory in the match that faced both countries on Monday in the Champions Trophy, the second most important cricket tournament after the World Cup.

The arrests have taken place in the district of Burnhapur, with a large share of the Muslim population, which is framed in the state of Madhya Pradesh, in the center of the country. The district police chief, Raja Ram Parihar, said they received a complaint from a local neighbor who accused them of celebrating the rival victory using fireworks and shouting pro-Pakistani slogans.

Both countries have arrested people on more than one occasion for supporting the opponent or celebrating their triumphs. In 2014, some 60 Hindu students were also accused of sedition for celebrating another Pakistan victory over their country in a cricket match and last year a Pakistani also had to endure being persecuted by his country's security forces after celebrating that His idol, the Hindu hitter Virat Kohli, would do what in this sport is known as a Century (100 or more runs in a batting turn) to win a match.

The ilerdense has enjoyed with Jack Miller and Brad Binder one of the most followed Australian sports and fabulous views

Third week of October, the turn of the MotoGP Australia GP, but before going to the Phillip Island circuit to contest the second to last appointment of the season, Marc Márquez had to go to another important sports venue in Melbourne: the Melbourne Cricket Ground. To that stadium near the financial district of the city with a capacity of more than 90,000 people, the newly proclaimed three-time champion of the MotoGP world attended to meet his announced appointment with cricket, one of the most popular sports in the place.

The Repsol Honda changed for a day his motorcycle for a bat and a ball and his monkey for a yellow shirt with the '93' on his back to have a good time with Jack Miller, local driver, and Brad Binder, the South African Moto3 champion, both with more notions of this sport than Spanish. Once instructed by Guy Walker, professional player, they jumped to the green to practice throws. Then, they ascended 40 meters to the roof of the enclosure to compose a colorful postcard with the Melbourne skyline in the background.

The cases of Trescothick and Trott sir come to highlight the mental difficulties that being a hitter can entail. The role requires high levels of concentration - to reach the desired total of one hundred runs (races or points) you have to play several hours without being eliminated - and a comprehensively worked technique is required. Moreover, the batsman has to endure the jokes and insults of the launching team, as we will see below. Once eliminated, he leaves the game and faces a long wait to re-enter: for a hitter in the middle of the pothole, so much downtime for reflection and introspection can be deadly to the mood.

Examples such as those of Yardy, Trescothick and Trott have led writer and historian David Frith to publish two books on the apparently high rate of depression in the world of cricket. He claims that British players are 75% more likely to commit suicide than the rest of the country's population. According to Frith's calculations, this suicide rate is even higher in New Zealand, Australia and South Africa. Interestingly, among the suicide cases of cricketers is former player Peter Roebuck, who had written a prologue to Frith's first book, "By His Own Hand" ("With His Own Hand").

While the truthfulness of the statistics presented by Frith is quarantined in the sports press, there is no doubt that the cricketer needs no little mental fortitude, as Gale pointed out more than a century ago.

In his imaginary conversation between Johnson and Boswell, Gale added: "The rules of the game are as fair and reasonable as those of nobility." Before an example of improper or unfair behavior, the Spaniards say: "Hey, that is not done"; in English, we say: "That’s not cricket." Gámez Mara summarizes the cricket image that prevails throughout the world today: "Cricket is born from the gentleman's attitude and mentality."

But is it really such a noble thing?

Live a close relationship with the betting world that goes back a long way in the past. Already in the seventeenth century, people enthusiastically played large amounts on the results of the matches and, according to cricket journalist Malcolm Knox, the game was "an apology for law on betting in England, with the aim of limiting the amounts They could bet on such matches.

The players themselves have also been involved in this dark side of cricket. In recent years, a series of love scandals has shaken the sport. In 2000, the former South African captain and national hero, Hansie Cronje, was suspended for life for accepting bribes in the amount of over one hundred thousand dollars from a betting union, in exchange for rigging matches and giving betting information. He would die in a plane crash in 2002. The Indian Mohammad Azharuddin received the same sanction. Then, in 2010, three players from the Pakistani national team, Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir were suspended and imprisoned for being involved in a plot of rigged parties, agreeing that they would make illegal launches at previously agreed game times. .

There are many more examples of a practice that is not new in the world of cricket. Already in 1873 there was the first sanction against a player, Ted Pooley, for "selling a game", by betting against his own team in a match in which he played. Moreover, according to cricket journalist Aranubha Sengupta, the manipulation of results by betting had already risen to rampant levels a hundred years before the punishment of Pooley occurred.

The playing styles used on the pitch have also come to damage the chivalrous image of cricket. For example, the ‘The Ashes’ edition between December 1932 and February 1933 produced one of the most infamous episodes in cricket history. In 1930, the Australian team had won the trophy in England, led by a magnificent Don Bradman, the famous hitter who appears, along with legendary names like W.G. Grace, Shane Warne, Sachin Tendulkar, Garry Sobers and Viv Richards, in the best eleven in history chosen by the respected almanac Wisden. Two years later, and to combat the skill of Bradman and company, the then English captain Douglas Jardine devised the plan to make strong and short throws that would impact the torso of Australian batters at speeds around 150 km / h.