A group of students holding placards during a candle light protest against Delhi gang rape, at Residency Road in Srinagar- PTI

A group of students holding placards during a candle light protest against Delhi gang rape, at Residency Road in Srinagar- PTI

A group of students holding placards during a candle light protest against Delhi gang rape, at Residency Road in Srinagar- PTI

Ever since the Indian Premier League (IPL) spot-fixing scandal broke on Thursday morning (May 16), there have been two equally tiresome responses. On Thursday itself, a succession of former cricketers, Indian or otherwise, turned up in television studios and spoke about the “romance of the game” being violated.

Counting on continuity