Boycott and syndicated lies

By John Cheeran
Geoff Boycott, commentator and former England cricketer, is a well-known attention seeker.
Boycott, an unabashed apologist for Sourav Ganguly, has used the Mumbai Test defeat to discredit Indian skipper Rahul Dravid.
I was surprised to read his column in Indian newspapers where he said that Dravid ought to give an explanation to the nation for choosing to field first, and he suggested that Dravid is refusing to do so.
As you all know, that was total rubbish and a pathetic performance from a sycophant.
Dravid had already said after the Test that his decision turned out to be a mistake and it was said with the advantage of hindsight.
So what was Dravid hiding then?
It amuses me that Indian newspapers are taken for a ride by the syndication agencies.
Boycott column is syndicated by an agency run by two Bengali journalists from Calcutta and it is no wonder that a Ganguly supporter finds fault with Dravid’s decision. And that should not be worthy of newsprint.
It should not surprise anyone, in the backdrop of Ganguly exit, that Calcutta syndication agency’s offering tries to tarnish the image of a selfless cricketer, a rarity in Indian cricket.
But why don’t the sports editors trash such rubbish instead of offering a lifeline to the column racketeers.