I too agree with former Australian player Mathew Hayden's comments that Sachin Tendulkar should not have been awarded the `Order of Australia`.
He has a point when he says such Australian national awards should be exclusively for Australian citizens only.
And I hope when he says this, this is the first instance this award was given to a non-Aussie.
Else questions will arise why people like him did not raise this issue earlier.
(Note : Sachin is not the first to be awarded this.)
Earlier Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard, during her India visit, had announced that `Order of Australia` will be conferred on Sachin Tendulkar for his contributions to cricket.
There is lot of negative comments in the Australian press regarding giving this award to Sachin.They point to his role in the infamous monkey-gate involving Andrew Symonds and Harbhajan Singh.Whatever Sachin did, was to support his teammate.I don't think Sachin said or did any thing wrong.Australians also rallied around their players.So how is it that Sachin came out dented in that episode ??
He did nothing wrong.
See, these chit-chats on the playing field, it's the Australians who are any way the pioneers - what with Steve Waugh calling it the Australian way of mentally disintegrating the opponents !
So they too are bound to get some thing in return for what they give to the opposing teams' players.
Now coming back to the 'Order of Australia' award, I don't think Indians or for that matter Sachin Tendulkar is so desperate to get this award.It's the Australian PM who announced it like pulling a rabbit out of the hat.
For what she did, it's not fair on Mathew Hayden, who also said make Sachin the Aussie PM, or for the Aussie media to target Sachin.
Take back your award - we don't want award + insults.
He has a point when he says such Australian national awards should be exclusively for Australian citizens only.
And I hope when he says this, this is the first instance this award was given to a non-Aussie.
Else questions will arise why people like him did not raise this issue earlier.
(Note : Sachin is not the first to be awarded this.)
Earlier Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard, during her India visit, had announced that `Order of Australia` will be conferred on Sachin Tendulkar for his contributions to cricket.
There is lot of negative comments in the Australian press regarding giving this award to Sachin.They point to his role in the infamous monkey-gate involving Andrew Symonds and Harbhajan Singh.Whatever Sachin did, was to support his teammate.I don't think Sachin said or did any thing wrong.Australians also rallied around their players.So how is it that Sachin came out dented in that episode ??
He did nothing wrong.
See, these chit-chats on the playing field, it's the Australians who are any way the pioneers - what with Steve Waugh calling it the Australian way of mentally disintegrating the opponents !
So they too are bound to get some thing in return for what they give to the opposing teams' players.
Now coming back to the 'Order of Australia' award, I don't think Indians or for that matter Sachin Tendulkar is so desperate to get this award.It's the Australian PM who announced it like pulling a rabbit out of the hat.
For what she did, it's not fair on Mathew Hayden, who also said make Sachin the Aussie PM, or for the Aussie media to target Sachin.
Take back your award - we don't want award + insults.
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