Australia in The Naughty Books Again

During the third Test of their home series agian India, Austrailia Test captain Tim Paine was caught on camera removing India Keeper batsman Rishabh Pants batting guard. It wasn't just Paine who was in the naughty books but the crowed at the Sydney Cricket Ground were cuaght racially abusing Indian pace bowlers Mohammed Siraj and Jasprit Bumrah. Siraj was allgedly calle a 'brown doog' and a 'big monkey by a group of spectators whilst he was feilding near the boundary. The Indian team reported the incedent to the umpires who then removed that section of the crowd who were involoved in the racists chant. Meanwhile Veteran off spinner Ravichandran Ashwin was quick to point out that this was not the first time that he had heard such nasty chants from the Austrailia crowed.

"I would like to point out something, this is my fourth tour to Australia and Sydney especially here, we have had these type of experiences in the past as well. I think one or two times players have reacted to this in the past and they have gotten into trouble, it is not because of the player, it is because of the way the crowd has been reacting. The fans have been quite nasty, but this is one occasion where they have gone one step ahead, it is a case of racial abuse, we lodged an official complaint yesterday and we brought it to the notice of the umpires," Ashwin said. "It is definitely not acceptable in this day and age, we have evolved as a society and this roots to the upbringing, this should be dealt with an iron first, by iron fist I mean the way we deal with it."

We all know that sledging is part of Australia's DNA when it comes to playing cricket, but there have been some incidents, where the players have also stepped over the line, for exmaple, during the 2013-14 series, former Austraian captain Michael Clarke got quite aggresive with seamer James Anderson aksing him to 'get ready for a f'cking broken arm.' Which sounds like a threat rather then a sledge. Sledging is a verbal conversation between two players from either team use to immitate each other as a way of getting lose concentration. But as always, there is always a boundary.,which should not be crossed. Especially if it involves racism or beomes personal. So, why does it always happen in Australlia? All we want to see is a good game of competitive cricket between two teams and it should not be ruined by instances like the this. Racisn is not tollerated in any sport and Cricket Austrailia should know that. Sometimes you wish people who go to watck cricket in stadiums should think about how they behave rather than just drinking too much and then behave like idiots, this is setting a bad example in proffessional elite sport. I think that all cricket stadiums around the world, especially Sydney should have cameras in the crowd to keep an eye on their behaviour as this issue has been going on for years. This is ruining tthe game. It's time for change. Feature Image: India gamers allege abuse by followers on day 4 at SCG vs Australia; six spectators eliminated by Tanveer Sheikh.