Toss controversy

The sequence of events that unfolded at the 'toss controversy'

The toss began with Ravi Shastri speaking about the coin which itself was a specially minted coin for the finals of the World Cup 2011, and would later on be auctioned at the ICC website. He then called out loud the captains' name and country and also the match referee Jeff Crowe's and the mascot. M.S. Dhoni was then handed over the special coin by Jeff Crowe and he then tossed the coin high up the air. All eyes were on the coin and the coin landed in front of Sangakkara's and Jeff Crowe's feet. Ravi Shastri asked Jeff Crowe what side of the coin turned up. And Jeff Crowe replied heads and gestured towards the two captains. Then started the confusion with Dhoni walking in and telling Sangakkara that he would like to bat first, to which Sangakkara expressed surprise and said that he had called heads and not tails. The confusion ensued for a good 20 seconds with the two captains amidst a rather polite argument with neither ready to step down. Ravi Shastri looked rather fluttered and said that 'one is heads and one is tails', obviously not making sense of what the big deal that the players were making about it, to which the match referee quite shamefully admitted that I did not hear them. It was Ravi Shastri who sought to solve it, rather than the match referee Jeff Crowe, and brought up the question whether it would be retaken and told the match referee that it was his call. The match referee then picked the coin up again and told that he is doing it again and handed the coin over to Dhoni again. Ravi Shastri chose to relieve the tension with jest saying that: 'the problem was the noise, you couldn't hear (the call) it.' Dhoni tossed it up again. This time Ravi Shastri made sure that he announced Kumar Sangakkara's call out aloud and boomed into his microphone that heads was the call. The coin turned out to be heads and Sri Lanka eventually won the toss. A slightly aggrieved Dhoni shook hands with the Sri Lankan captain and moved aside. The Sri Lankan captain then walked up to the microphone and stated that the Sri Lankans would bat first. The rest was the usual questionnaire on the team composition and the mood within the respective camps. But the strange happening at the toss time gave rise to whispers of 'Toss Fixing' all throughout the stadium and elsewhere. 

 This is the exact sequence what happened at the time of toss, i found it from google.

What happened at that time is ridicules. I mean, at International level this should not be happening, surely not on the day which matters the most. 

Sangakkara was happy to do it again. And I think if he would have called heads not tails, he would not agree to toss 1ce again. Any captain would not want to do it again if he had won the toss. Dhoni was annoyed, and rightly so. He had won the toss and yet he was told that he had to toss the coin again because referee didn't hear the call!!!! 

Sangakkara forgot the spirit of the game and did something he shouldn't do. He is representing his country, he is the icon player and he should not do this. Le let his country down by doing this. Any player should not forget that he is representing his country and do such things. 

All is well that ends well. In the end, We WON the match and won the World Cup, this is all what matters to me. But, we don't expect this kind of controversy from a player like Sangakkara. He has made his image whole career, and this might spoil it. Well, all i have written here is what i think. It might b correct or not but ICC has to investigate and clarify it to us. Cricket must be played with the sporting spirit, that's all we want.

JAI HIND!!