What a relief, Dhoni has reassured the Indian fans that 'Indians will never fix matches'. And his ace off-spinner has gone a step further and issued a mortal threat to anyone who dares to approach him to Fix.
I always believed Bhajji was an innocent chap always sinned against by one and all. The picture is getting clearer now. Here are some of the incidents from the past.
First it was Murali Kartik who asked him at the National Cricket Academy if Bhajji could 'Fix' a leaking tap. The young Sardar heard only the word 'Fix' and slapped Kartik. Both were thrown out of the Academy for no fault of Bhajji's.
The journalist asked him, "Can we Fix an appointment?". Bhajji didn't here the last word and thought here is a fixer in the guise of a journo asking him to Fix a match and took a 'Jab' at him. But the insensitive Electronic media castigated him for this.
The Sreesanth episode too was nothing but a misunderstanding. Sree asked Bhajji, "Sorry Paaji, your team is in a Fix now. Better luck for next match". In the hullabaloo of post-match situation, Bhajji heard only the word 'Fix'. Can't blame him, Mallus have a Fixed accent problem.They distort every single word in English language except the word Fix.
But why did Sreesanth, the aggressive man cry? Was the slap the reason ? No, he cried because he felt let down by his owner. Bret Lee got all the hugs from the Cutie Zinta and all our boy got was bear-hugs from VRV Singh, Karan Goel, Sunny Sohal and so on. And THAT was the reason for his crying !
But it was too late and IPL Bosses suspended poor Bhajji. His fate for that season was thus Fixed. He somehow has received the worst at the hands of Administrators, Umpires, Referees, Journalists and Bishen Singh Bedi. How else can we explain the Senior Sardar branding Bhajji a 'Chucker'?
Bhajji like Muralidharan has a Fixed elbow deformity and a more severe Fixed forearm deformity. He has lived with this handicap and added all those wickets into his Fixed Deposit. Why does Bedi have this 'Fixation' for the angles ? Isn't it enough that Bhajji has his goal firmly Fixed on picking up wickets ?
If not for Sachin the Savior, he would have faced 'Life Ban' in the 'Teri Maanki' scandal. All that was started by Symonds. He began by taunting Bhajji at the behest of Ponting. He said, "Hey bloke, I'll slam you all sixes".
Not yet comfortable with the Aussie accent; Bhajji heard it as, "Hey black, all shame you all Fixers". And he called Symonds' mother to complain about the obnoxious behavior of her son. That Mat Hayden had the temerity to call Bhajji 'An Obnoxious little weed'.
But in spite of all injustices meted out to the innocent, the truth will win at the end. And now we have seen the 'Real Bhajji' standing up and 'Fixing' the Match-Fixing and Spot-Fixing problem forever. If only ICC were to take cue, we have a 'Quick-Fix' solution here ! Are they listening ?
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