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June 6, 2002
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Name: gopi
Message: he is a great captain, he is key person in the team he brought the south african team in the world map in secon place but people are waiting to spoil one's greatness, so we should forgive him what he done being man can do misticks not like treat him as evil he has great creer so we should see that then decied so we pleased to remember him in the cricket world , god bless you hansie.



Name: kumar.v
Message: May his soul rest in peace. He was made the scapegoat by the organisers.



Name: Amit
Message: We'll miss you Hansie!! Accordingly he was the best captain after steve waugh, in the modern cricket. There was a lot of talent in this man and he had proven it many times. I know that he did a big mistake, and bought a bad repute to his team, but hey, we all are human beings and we all do mistakes. some big some negligible, and we learn from our mistakes. Unfortunately, Hansie didn't get a chance to learn from the mistake he did. I pay my condolences to his family and everyone who knew this remarkable sportsman. Regardless of what he did, I'll always remember him as a World Class Cricketer and a good role model. -Amit.



Name: Pendyala Gurudutt
Message: A sad end



Name: Dilip
Message: I feel we Indians must appreciate the fact that Hansie had the courage to accept his mistakes and to cooperate with the inevitable. On the contrary our politicians who inspite of being caught redhanded on video tape and not willing to admit any wrongdoings on their part.Even Bill Clinton being the President of the USA admitted his illegal affairs before the people and was able to get their forgiveness.So I don't see any reason why we shouldn't forgive Hansie.



Name: SVS
Message: He might have done well but he is the man infulenced by some wrong things/people like Azhar. Let his soul be peace



Name: C.Mahesh
Message: We missed the one of Greatest player. We have to appreciate Late Mr.Crone, B'cas he accpeted the match fixing. He is the REAL SPORTS PERSON. Mahesh Chennai



Name: SVS
Message: He might have done well but he is the man infulenced by some wrong things/people like Azhar. Let his soul be peaceful



Name: Sanjeev
Message: Hansie, you were a brave man, a capable leader. Everyone makes mistakes. You will always be remembered for you honest confessions and courage.



Name: Fran
Message: People make mistakes and so did he... being a South African myself, i will always maintain he was the best captain south africa had and certainly one of the best captains in the world.



Name: andy
Message: hansi ........was as i know one of the best skipper the world of cricket have even seen, his leadership was a gr8 boon to the ban lifted SA team..he had a very good respect all over the world till he accepted of the gratest shame in history of cricket.. but as a person too as i have read a lot about him he was a gr8 achiver & motivater..some thins do happen ,the match fixing was one of them ,...but we should not even forget of the gr8 things he had done..i will forgive for the shame he had done to world cricket.... may god give peace to his soul..& courage to his family...



Name: Aparna
Message: May his soul rest in peace.



Name: Ankur Goenka
Message: He was a great ambassdor for his country and remember him for good reasons rather than bad things. May his soul rest in peace.



Name: rupa
Message: may ur soul rest in peace & come back to this earth for cricket playing



Name: Balaji
Message: He is definetly to be appreciated for his successful career as SA's skipper.A lot of people are involved in match fixing and only he got caught and infact only admitted his role..he should be appreciated for that!! He was a great man with a great career..!!



Name: vali
Message: It is unfortunate that Cronje, South Africa’s most successful skipper will be forgotten for the good things he did and will be remembered only for the wrong reasons.



Name: rajesh kushwah
Message: No doubt what hansie cronje did was wrong but I feel all of us do some wrong thing at some time in our life that doesn't means that a person should be banned for life time and forget all the good things we should be Objective and give punishment for the wrong thing a person is doing and give reward for the good thing he is doing. I am very sure Hansie was having many good Qualities of a successfull Captain and I will always remember him for that.



Name: Gaurav
Message: Hansie Cronje was one of the best captains in the world. He was a brilliant batsman, fielder and a useful bowler also. Yet he will be remembered more for his part in match fixing scandal. Actually his life gives us a very important lesson. No matter how great and strong we are in our field, our one silly mistake can wipe out everything. We should not forget that great power brings great responsibility.



Name: Ranjan
Message: You were one of the truly great cricketers........above all an inspirational leader who won all round respect not only from his team-mates but also from his opponents . You were really loved by the people of India . You deserved a lot better, but........... Adieu Hansie.



Name: rajesh rupani
Message: well i think everybody needs another chance and noone in this world is perfect and honest...it was unfortunate that he got busted, while i'm sure match fixing is still been done big time ...so why only hansie ???



Name: jaideep
Message: Let bygones be bygones. Lets try and remember him for all the good and heroic deeds he's done on the cricket field. May his soul rest in peace.



Name: lakshman
Message: he is real good criket in the world and a good captain for south Afirca. South Afica people have to remmber of career and 1999 world cup.



Name: Har Narinder Minhas
Message: I admired him for his total honesty and dignity. It is unfortunate to have lost him so young. May the Lord be with his family in this hour of grief.



Name: Babu
Message: he is real good criket in the world and a good captain for south Afirca. South Afica people have to remmber him.



Name: RAGHU
Message: AS A HUMANBEEN , A LITTE BIT OF BAD TIME, AND SAME OF WRONG REASONS........ HE MIGHT HAVE DONE THE MISTAKE !! ANY WAY HE IS ALSO HUMAN...... BUT HE IS EVER GREAT/GREEN CAPTAIN .... IN THE WORLD SO FAR......... GOODBYE TO FRIEND...



Name: Aditya Kumar Dwivedi
Message: May be he has is a criminal as he is involved with bookies Yet he has won maximum number of matches ......... A great leader indeed...



Name: Murali
Message: I alway's admired Hansie. I think we all were too harsh on him. After all he gracefully accepted his mistake. When ppl like Azharuddin who should have been lynched and hanged, move freely in this world, we were wrong to Hansie. He was a good captian and a good sportsman I feel sad that he had to die the way he did. The world has lost one good man in my opinion



Name: DINESH .B. MISHRA
Message: HE WAS WORLD BEST SKIPPER.PERSONALLY I LIKED HIM A LOT.EVEN WHEN HE WAS TRAPPED IN MATCH-FIXING.HE TOLD TRUTH NOT LIKE OF INDIA PLAYERS WHO ONLY SPEAK LIE.MAY HIS SOUL REST IN PEACE.



Name: SAMBIT BEDANT
Message: His death is totally unfortunate.If he was not involved in matchfixing then he may be a legend of cricket.People can't forget his dids.He will remain as the successful captain



Name: Prakash Bendale
Message: Yes, He is the only cricketer, who had guts to admit his mistake, unlike Indian cricketers, including Sunil Gavaskar and Azaruddin, who have never admitted about their involvement....



Name: Pranay Ranjan
Message: Hansie will be remembered for something more than just his cricket....very few people are strong enough to be able to admit what he did wrong and move on !! God bless his soul !!



Name: vivek
Message: I am forgiving Hansie.May god bless his soul



Name: kavitha
Message: Bye Hansie.. you wl be remmebered for ur capiteny and bring south africa's name up in cricket field.. but ur name wl always come whenever conspiracy and cheating which sad.. may ur soul rest in peace.



Name: Anil Pillai
Message: Indeed!What a tragic loss for the cricketing world.Although he may be remembered for all the wrong reasons, in this hour of grief, lets give him a break. How many cricketers do we have of the calibre of Hansie. A great motivator and captain, it would be unfair to deny him credit for SA's rapid ascendancy in the cricketing arena. Indeed, life goes on and what the heck, was he the only one embroiled in this mess. RIP my friend, cricket will surely miss you.



Name: chetan
Message: Please remember Hansie for his good qualities and not for bad .Every coin has two sides one is good but other is bad .lates think positive and look for positive in life .



Name: Sanjay H. Kadam
Message: Dear Hansie, It is not believable that you are no more but, you will always be remembered as a good cricketer and successful captain. May your soul rest in eternal peace. Yours in sorrow, Sanjay Kadam



Name: SAMBIT BEDANT
Message: His death is totally unfortunate.If he was not involved in matchfixing then he may be a legend of cricket.People can't forget his dids.He will remain as the successful captain



Name: radhakrishna
Message: cricket world has lost one of its best captain. really i admire him for his sportivenes / maintaining coolness in crisis situation. everyone in this earth will have some weekness. i personally feel in hansie's case things were exegerated. Hansie's greatness is his confession. in this world we have a lot of correpted players with no ethics. no one will come forward with a confession and the so called enquiry commissions / agencies will not touch them also. Hansie's bad luck. his own confession made him more guilty. may his soul rest in peace.



Name: vinod gandhi
Message: No doubt hansie was the most successful captain of South Africa and he was penalised more than that he did wrong.



Name: Swarup
Message: A very sad end of a great player. He was one of the best captain and a all-rounder of cricket.



Name: ravi
Message: really it is very bad.despite of some mistakes in u,ur the one who i like most in the field when uare playing.i pray for u.



Name: madhusudhana rao parlapalli
Message: My deep condolence to his family. we should remember him a succeful mentor



Name: anupa dasgupta
Message: there is nothing more final than death...even the thought that one would want to debate over the actions of a man gone and speculate his actions and decisions is inhuman and insensitive!when man goes to the Lord's Palace,he becomes God's own and who are we but ordinary folk to pass judgements? i shall always remember cronje as an excellant captain and a man with guts and determination! goodbye hansie!



Name: Amit K Dasgupta
Message: I think I shall remember Hansie Cronje as one of the greatest players and captain of this era. This is more so because of the way he led his life... made a mistake and paid for it... that takes a lot of guts. I wish his family, his parents , wife (kids, if any) and all that are dear to him... the very best.. I know that I am one of the most fortunate persons' to have watched him play at his best. regards Amit.



Name: Mohan
Message: It takes great courage to accept what he did. And he was punished for that with a life ban. There are still many people who indulge in these things and are not caught or punished. We should always give a man, who has accepted his crime and punished for that, another chance. But fate did not agree. May his soul rest in peace and may his dream of South Africa winning the World Cup come true next year.



Name: kumaran
Message: the good gentleman of cricket that i saw in my life that is hansie cronje. He accepted all the things that pointed out to him gently and he ready for any judgement other than his cricket play. He might be forgiven for his frank and broad minded. I pray for his kind soul



Name: imran
Message: i believe everyone of us is greedy in someway or the other...hansie was just one of us n i think the world punished him severely for something what everyone of us do at some point of our lives. I never thought bad for him so there is no point of forgiving. He was a true player caught in greed!!



Name: GOVIND
Message: YES, He was a such a daring person who spoke truth in front of entire world.



Name: Haridas Mohandas
Message: It is a very sorry fact that the person who was known as a gentleman in the game of cricket and who brought the South African team to a level in which it can be considered as the best among teams of the world died in a unfortunate accident. I salute him for hiscourage and the determination and the truth he confessed in the match fixing scandal.



Name: subhashita shetty
Message: I admired Hansie Cronje as SA captain. He had given a lot to his team and to underprivileged children. SA would miss a captain like him. May his soul rest in peace.



Name: Sibadatta Baxi
Message: I think we should forgive Hansie for he had the courage to confess his misdeeds before the whole world .He was a great leader and motivator apart from being a good human being. He will always be remembered for his cricketing skills. May his soul rest in peace.



Name: Natarajan
Message: A Very determined and thoughtful Cricket captain that SA Had, like Steve Waugh , he was to SA. Very unfortunate to lose him



Name: subhashita shetty
Message: I admired Hansie Cronje as SA captain. He had given a lot to his team and to underprivileged children. SA would miss a captain like him. May his soul rest in peace.



Name: Ashok Singh
Message: I pray to God that people around the world may rememer him for his good deeds only



Name: Ajith Pillai
Message: Poor Cronje,unlike Aussie cheats like Mark Waugh and Shane Warne,was honest enough to admit his wrongdoing. A great cricketer ,motivator and a strong influence on South African cricket.



Name: Navin Harbola
Message: This is really unfortunate that Hansy passes away like this...even though he was facing a ban like this..but in my opinion he was a great player ..great allrounder,great capton for the history of south africa.. I hope people of world will remember him now for his good things given to the South africa cricket..



Name: arun
Message: I feel sad about his death



Name: mehernosh
Message: It was indeed a very tragic end to the short life of probably the most successful cricket captains in the history of the game. A life which was always going to be tough after that scandal of match-fixing, which unfortunately dragged him into it. And there are some people who say that it was greed which took the better of him, which was the reason he accepted money. but i dont think thats true. i think the reason he might have accepted the money could be some external threat or something. come on, a person who earns crores through playing and endorsements doesnt need to take money for match-fixing. and no one in the world would betray his country like that. remembering him as an excelent cricketer would be a small but significant tribute. let's all pray to God to grant his family the courage to withstand this tragic loss.



Name: gopi
Message: he is a great captain, he is key person in the team he brought the south african team in the world map in secon place but people are waiting to spoil one's greatness, so we should forgive him what he done being man can do misticks not like treat him as evil he has great creer so we should see that then decied so we pleased to remember him in the cricket world , god bless you hansie.



Name: v.krishnan
Message: hansie will be remembered as the captain who made the south african cricket team a world beating team. people should not forget that initially after the south africans came out of the boycott, they were not so strong and lost to india and the west indies. it was the cronje/woolmer combination which took them to the top. match fixing was a minor flaw in hansie which got magnified and overshadowed his achievments.



Name: V.Hariharaprasanna
Message: Though the skipper had done some wrong deeds, we cannot forget him bcos of his positive attitude in the field. Any great person should meet one obstacle in their life. The same way Cronje met it. Thats all. But no body can deny his great captainship and his service to south africa. So i remember him for his achievements and not for his slipped timings in his life.



Name: vinod gandhi/Radhey Shyam
Message: he was very successful as captain and he was real sportsman as well as hero. Now we should only remember his abilities and not his misdeeds. We pray to God to give peace to his soul.



Name: tomykc
Message: A Roaring Tiger from SA Remember u for the resurction of the SA Cricket Good bye



Name: shankar adiga
Message: mistake is done by everyone but forgiving is the thing which we have to do .He is a master piece of cricket history not only to south africa but to the entire world of cricket.



Name: Pavan Kumar Reddy
Message: As Iam from India,Iam great fan of Hansi cronje,The Way he play,The way he plays the shots,and for everything, he is a great man.he shaped the south african team as a strong team.every man in his life will do wrong things,no matter what ever it may be, but south african cricket board should have excused him.like australian cricket board did with shane warne,mark waugh etc.. I pray god to give his next life in india as a cricketer. Thank God Pavan



Name: Sanjib Chakraborty
Message: Hansie's fault lay only in the fact that he got caught. There are so many others who are freely moving around. However, if we leave aside this chapter, few would disagree that he was one of the greatest sportsman ever. His indomitable spirit put South Africa on top of cricketing world. His premature exit has led to South Africa's decline. The whole world will miss him! May his sould rest in peace. Hansie you are a Hero in my eyes!



Name: Bhaskar
Message: A sinner became a greate personality by admitting mach fixing. He helped cricket sport to clean itself to some extent.



Name: juzar fanaswala
Message: he brought glory to his country but one small mistake washed all is good deed we must forgive this men for his honesty ,he had courage to admit he did the mistake. this shows he was the honest men



Name: Madhusudhan
Message: When Hansie accepted that he has done a mistake at that time only we have forgiven him. He was very kind and well-organized person. Person with the determination.



Name: Amol Nabar
Message: Hansie Cronje - South Africa's best and most successful captain! The news of his death left me stunned. Life for him after that fateful India tour must never have been the same again - what with Betting allegations that brought his career to an end and left him so isolated that he probably never had the urge to live any more. He admitted to have taken money, but never fixed a match or underperformed and yet was penalised, probably too severely. I am sure there will be several Indian or other players who have taken money, fixed matched and underperformed and yet, have not been apprehended - probably never will be. But then, that's life! The world has lost a great cricketer!!



Name: Rachith Srinivas
Message: hi........my hearty condolences to Mr. Hansie Cronje's family....Whatever has happened over the year is a forgotten story.Frankly speaking Croje was one of the best skippers ever. Well everyone does mistakes and no one here is a saint.what we shuold rally appreicate Croje is for his brave acceptance of his wrong doing. I personally feel 75% of the players are involved in match fixing and ther was just this one guy, who came forward and accepted his wrong doing..He has stood above the others for sure. May His soul rest in peace.



Name: Lepaksha Nagappa
Message: he was the man with determination of achieving his aim inside the feild, and also he was having that ability of carrying the game away from the opponents, whatever the scandals happened with him shouldn't have effected his career, as everybody will be doing something or other mistake in life knowingly or unknowingly, and those who didnot allow him to play were not having any rights to take him away from the game, anyhow past is past, the man who changed the way of playing in ODI's is no more, i am not having any words to pay tribute to him other than pray for the peace for his soul My last salutes to Hansie Lepaksha


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