Cricket - The Gentleman’s Game

The England team yesterday flew back home after they abruptly called off the India-Engalnd one day series in which the English were lagging by 5-0. This comes in the wake of the terror attacks on the city of Mumbai in India. Terrorists have attacked the Taj hotel in India which was brought back into the control of Army after three days.

As the England team flew back to England, the captain of the team Kevin Peterson has revealed that all of their cricket kits were left in the Taj hotel which was one of the places attacked by the terrorists. Before the test series begins, the England players were supposed to stay in this hotel and this their luggage was shifted to Taj. Fortunately the attacks began before the England team moved to this hotel.

To be noted that in these attacks the terrorists specifically focused on American and British nationals and killed 23 of them. In case the English team has arrived at the hotel before the attack began, one can imagine how worse the situation would have been!

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