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Virender Sehwag doesn't seem to have lost any of his touch that used to take the breath of cricket fans away when the former India opener intimidated bowlers with his free-flowing strokes. The Nawab of Najafgarh brought memories of those days back at the St Moritz Ice Challenge on Wednesday, hitting 62 runs off just 31 balls.
- ANALYSIS Sehwag leaves the game as one of India's greatest opening batsmen, playing in 104 Tests, 251 ODIs and 19 T20Is between 1999 and 2013. While he was key to Indian victories at the 2007 World T20 and the 2011 World Cup, his prowess in Test cricket (23 centuries, including two 300s) is of particular note, as he recorded an 82.23 strike rate in the long format.
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Former Indian opener and current KXIP coach, Virender Sehwag has said that it is up to the individual players to keep away from corrupt practices such as betting and spot-fixing.
Reacting to the news of three people being arrested at Kanpur for allegedly running a betting racket during Wednesday’s IPL match between Delhi Daredevils and Gujarat Lions, Sehwag said,”You can’t stop all these things. It’s the player’s responsibility whom he wants to meet. It’s my wish whom I want to meet. If my conscience is clear then I can help keep the game clean too.”
“You can keep enormous security, but they can’t stop anything if the player wants to do something (unlawful). It’s the player’s own responsibility to ensure that no one questions your integrity,”, he added.
“If anyone makes any comments about me (allegations about betting), then during my playing days I would have said I will retire. Now (if someone makes allegations) I would say wipe off all my records. If players take such type of responsibility (stand), then these guys (bookies) won’t approach you,” said Sehwag.
Speaking about himself Sehwag said it has been his policy not to give access to any unknown persons. “I don’t remember meeting anyone unknown in the hotels because it’s my choice. If my friend comes to meet me, then I ensure that the friend comes and his friend doesn’t come along. (Similarly) if someone related to me comes to meet me, I ask him not to bring along anyone else. It’s all about player’s awareness,” he explained.
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“This game is such that it will give you a lot, but if your image is tarnished then you also lose the respect. People love cricket in this country. But if someone does bad with this game, they sideline them and keep talking bad about him, which no player wants to hear,” he added
While online betting has not been made illegal per se in India, there are many grey areas in the issue that the Supreme Court is also looking into. Meanwhile, the government of Tamil Nadu has introduced an ordinance to 'ban online gaming' involving betting. According to the official press release this step has been taken after suicides by people who allegedly lost money in online games especially 'youngsters'. Any violation of this ordinance would attract both fine and imprisonment, ranging up to two years.
The ordinance has provisions for, 'Banning the persons who are wagering or betting in cyberspace using computers or communication devices or resources.
'The people who are found gaming will be punished with a fine amount of Rs. 5,000/- and six months imprisonment.' The ordinance further goes on to ban 'electronic transfer of funds' used for wagering or betting, distribute the winnings, prize money'.
The ordinance was passed by Governor Banwarilal Purohit on Friday after it received the proposal from the stemmata government. This comes weeks after the state government informed the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court that it was actively considering banning online games.
It is worth noting that neighbouring state Andhra Pradesh had also recently banned online gaming. Union Territory Puducherry has also written to the Centre seeking a similar action on such activities after the recent suicide case. Three people died of suicide in Coimbatore this month after suffering a heavy financial loss in the online rummy game.
