Time will help Randiv overcome no-ball incident: Psychologist Gordon

Updated on: 19 August,2010 08:53 AM IST |
Bipin Dani |

Just like Australian Trevor Chappell, the man who bowled the under-arm delivery to New Zealand batsman Brian McKechnie in 1981, Sri Lanka off-spinner Suraj Randiv will be forever linked to one of cricket's most unsporting gestures.

Randiv's no-ball denied India's Virender Sehwag of his well-deserved hundred in Dambulla on Monday.

Can he get over it or be forever haunted by the incident? Famous sports psychologist Sandy Gordon, who has worked with the Sri Lankan team when Tom Moody was their coach, feels only time will help Randiv get over it.

Difficult
Gordon also worked with the Indian team in 2002. "With difficulty... but over time,u00a0 they will find a way," said Gordon over the phone from Australia, referring to all responsible for the controversy.

Apart from Randiv, Sri Lankan captain Kumar Sangakkara and dashing batsman Tillakaratne Dilshan have also been pulled up. Randiv has been banned for a game in the on-going tri-series.

Gordon did not join the bandwagon in slamming the bowler, but did mention what Sir Don Bradman's son mentioned at the cricketing great's funeral in 2001.

"John Bradman referred to the philosophy Sir Don passed onto his grandchildren, 'try hard, but with integrity and have lots of fun! Spot on in my opinion.. but it's just my opinion," said the mental expert.
The writer is a freelancer