Cows, Cricket and honesty

In a remarkably candid remark, recently retired Adam Gilchrist says he felt like a cow when he was auctioned in the Indian Premier League.

The remark, made in mid-March,
http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?newsid=1156178
came up as a snippet in ToI again today. As link to a comment from ICL’s Inzamam, berating the auction.

IPL is all welcome. It is a tremendous initiative and remarkable financial success so far. Never has a domestic tournament with foreign participation galvanized the cricketing world so much. But one still feels nauseated, thinking of that auction which had reduced players to the status of commodities. It is not that they are not, but it was made so open, and glaringly evident!

Hopefully, some better way will be found out in future of distributing players with matching remuneration, but without the auction.

Meanwhile, a very interesting column appeared in papers today, where former skipper Sunil Gavaskar has talked about the recent ICC elections, hockey debacle, and hypocrisy in the cricket and hockey world.
http://www.mid-day.com/web/guest/sports/news/article?_EXT_5_articleId=1053332&_EXT_5_groupId=14
It is a must read for any sports lover.