If you ask any cricket lover, who his favourite batsman or bowler is, I am sure he may fumble over whom among his list of favourite he shpiuld pick out. But if he is asked who his favourate fielder is; wthout wasting a second, the aswer will come- Jonty Rhodes. He is undoubtedly the greatest fielder ever cricket history has seen. Never need an introdution for him. He is someone who gave a new dimension to the fielding.

Jonathan Neil Rhodes, popularly known as Jonty

Rhodes was born on 27 July 1969in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa. The fielding demigod of South African team excelled in both One Day Internationals and Test matches for South Africa in his career ranging from 1992 to 2003.

This right-handed batsman was noted for his quick running and ground fielding. He was adored all over the world for his throwing from his most common position of backward point. He holds the record of the ninth highest number of run-outs in ODI cricket of any fieldsman, with the third highest success rate. Jonty Rhodes has also batted for Irish cricket team and has been a part of Glocestershire County Cricket Club and Kwazulu- Natal in first class cricket. Rodhes bid farewell to one day cricket in 2003 after an injury.

Rhodes was also a part of the South African hockey team and was selected for the 1992 Barcelona Olympic Games squad, but could not qualify to go to the tournament because of a hamstring injury Rhodes made his debut in Test cricket against in 1992 against India in Durban. His first century was born at Moratuwa, Sri Lanka in 1993-94 season. He retired from Test cricket in 2001. Rhodes began his one-day international career in 1992 World Cup against Australia in Sydney. In his retirement life, he is an account executive at Standard Bank. He is also currently the fielding coach of the South African national cricket team.

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This time BCCI wants no stone unturned. They are making all efforts to ensure a peaceful and cordial cricket series with Australia. India’s last visit to Australia is remembered for the controversies and mud slugging between both sides. The racial abuse between Harbhajan Singh and Andrew Symonds even went to ugly extends crossing the limits of sportsman spirit. This time BCCI is taking extreme precautionary efforts. The cricket regulatory board of

India is in all efforts to ensure that the series is played in the best possible spirit. As an anticipatory move the BCCI has written to series broadcasters Neo Sports, asking that they should not air provocative commercials promoting the series.

A top BCCI official confirmed the news and said that they don’t want any move from television channels or advertisement agencies that will disrupt the relation between both the countries. This decision is taken keeping in mind the advertisement that was aired during the Sydney Test in January which had racial remarks in it. The Indian skipper Anil Kumble after the Test told in a press conference that only one team was playing in right spirit.

An advertisement that was telecasted recently has made BCCI furious. In a letter to Digvijay Singh, chief executive of Nimbus, N. Srinivasan, BCCI treasurer, has asked to withdraw the advertisement that showed the pictures of newspapers showing the spat between Harbhajan Singh and Andrew Symonds with “Maa ki - Monkey” quotations. It further had a caption “It’s time to pay back”,” which simply is condemnable. The BCCI feels that the advertisement is in wrong taste and may harm the interests of game. The cricket board never want anyone to repeat any such incident or any incident that will spark a wild fire between two countries. But with Virender Sehwag and Ricky Ponting again making comments on the Sydney Test, let us now wait and see what will happen now and how far BCCI will be able to go ahead with its efforts.

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