Rough pitch: Is cricket under racism cloud?

I saw a Debate on whether cricket is under the racism cloud on NDTV 24*7. The game of cricket has been known as “a gentleman’s game” since time immemorial. But of late, it’s been plagued by various issues that have earned the game a bad reputation. According to a survey of “Cultural diversity and racism in Australian sport’ released by Australia’s Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (HREOC), the menace of racial abuse is prevalent across the sporting world of Australia. It’s indeed a matter of grave concern that the world’s most ‘civilised’ game is fraught with racism and is also spilling over from the field to the crowds. Of late, the crowd behaviour of the cricket fans has also reflected dangerous trends vis-à-vis racism.

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