This blog is in reaction to reading this piece on Dawn regarding Wasim Akram and match fixing allegations. http://www.dawn.com/news/1285348

I am still a fan but a confused one. As a normal being we pick and choose based on our liking and that makes it easier for us to forget and forgive.

Heroes are picked based on their talents, so it doesn't matter what kind of human being they are, for example, Afridi is my hero and on a cricket pitch I forgive him for everything but as a human being i can't stand him, when it comes to Wasim Akram or even Imran Khan i can go on for days praising their talents but as an honest human being I have my doubts about their character.

There is fine thin line between right and wrong and that line further shrinks when its between 'my right' and 'ethically / morally wrong'. Perhaps more and more cricketers are being convinced that its their right to earn more and more by all means simply because its their right.

This goes beyond cricket, every field of work i have encountered, money matters and its not enough no matter how much it is. Recently i have been struggling to cope up with this and spoken to few about it and to my surprise its not just cricket, my field of work or our country, its global and its too late to fix it. We are so corrupt now that the fine line is gone, we simply pick and choose based on our liking of whats wrong and whats not. We have our own interpretation and names for various corrupt activities we are involved in, kickback is commission, bribe is speed money, bookies are our friends, agency/ clients own startups with zero investment and property is the new currency to play with taxes.

Having said that we all like our close friends no matter what they do, so how can we not love our heroes and forget or turn a blind eye towards what they do on the side.