An open letter to Mr.M.S.Dhoni for IPL Final’s 2013 IPL 6 has proved to a very controversial tournament and that would be an understatement. Since The arrest of Mr.Vindoo Dara Singh, who spilled the beans on most other activities and the involvement of Mr.Gurunath in betting/fixing, the Owner & Team principal of Team CSK, till yesterday and "Nothing to do with Team CSK" since his imminent arrest for questioning today, it has been established beyond any reasonable doubt about the involvement of Mr.Gurunath in activities which cannot be termed correct, legal, moral or ethical considering his active involvement with the cricket activities of Team CSK. Though he and Mr.Srinivasan, the BCCI chief can hide behind technicalities and claim that certain activities were indulged in unknowingly and or the other was unaware of the actions of the other and hence the action of one cannot reflect on the other, that can only hold good in a court of law where the laws are weak, people corrupt and accountability nil and can in all probability get away with a legal clean chit asserting their “honesty” and pompously declare that they have full fail in the judiciary of the country and the law will take its own course and they will come out clean with their actions vindicated. That is not what I want to discuss here. All and sundry are shouting from wherever about Mr.Gurunath and Mr.Srinivasan and raising question about propriety and resignations and the scrapping of team CSK. What is important to note that the Captain of the CSK, Mr.M.S.Dhoni has not uttered a single word anywhere. Mr.Dhoni must remember that he is not only the Captain of Team CSK, but also Captain of the Indian Cricket Team. He cannot afford to be silent just because he is an employee of Team CSK. When it has been proved that the Management and owner of Team CSK, Mr.Gurunath has indulged in betting which is illegal in India and probably fixing too, with established links to bookies and other unsavoury anti-social elements that corrupt the game of cricket and destroy it, he still maintains his silence. Why? He is the Captain of the Indian Cricket team first and then captain or contracted player of other teams later. His first duty is towards the nation and the cricket fans, not towards his private franchisee or club. He should come out and state that as his franchisee’s owner/manager/whatever has been under a cloud and is/are being probed for illegal activates connected with the game of cricket, it would not be correct for him to captain/represent such a franchisee anymore till the matters are resolved and hence he is stepping down from representing the team CSK whose principals are under investigation for such activities which sully the game of cricket and tarnish the reputation of all involved. What we are seeing is a scenario where the player’s present and past, no matter how big or powerful are keeping very silent on the issue instead of speaking out and very clearly are scared to speak out against the franchisee’s, the management, IPl or the BCCI. This is a very clear case of putting a private franchisee above the interest of the National Cricket Team, else why is Mr.Dhoni representing a very tained team with a dubious owner with established illegal activities directly detrimental to the interests of cricket? Why is he willing to play the finals of IPL-6? Why is he willing to captain a team whose owner is under arrest and investigation for betting & fixing? Is keeping the interest of a private franchisee above the interest of National cricket and the fans the correct thing for the captain of a national team? We, the cricket fans need answers from you Mr.Dhoni, not silence. Will you represent and Captain team CSK tomorrow in the IPL-6 final’s? We also need the media to take up this issue with Mr.Mahendra Singh Dhoni and ask him whose interests is he putting first? His Own, His Franchisees or the Country & the cricket fans who literally sell their blood to watch cricket and make the Cricketer’s gods and the administrators/BCCI so powerful & rich? Rakesh.S.Sampat