There is no such thing as love.....

Well all these years we have claimed that we(Indians) never sledge and we have claimed that though the Australians are World Champions they have never have the true spirit of the game. I think we can no longer do that. In the exciting Twenty-20 world cup semifinal clash between India and Australia you would find that it is quite the opposite. I wouldn't blame all the Indian players, in fact its only one player- Sreesanth.

You can just tell he has too much passion for the game, it was his first world cup semifinal match and we can keep giving endless reasons, but the fact is Sreesanth went beyond the line. Sreesanth's bowling was top notch, no doubt about that but that doesn't give him a reason to attack Matthew Hayden and Andrew Symonds. Again like we always do we will say he got lost in the game but then Sreesanth again showed his true colors when Mathew Hayden cam out as a runner for Mike Hussey. Unnecessary antics like these is what spoils the game. To top it all M.S.Dhoni as the captain never bothered to talk to Sreesanth. I don't know whether Sreesanth will be reprimanded or not but certainly it just created such a bad image. You may ask if the Australians can sledge why can't we?? Fair enough, but off late the Australians have reduced their sledging antics and now we are sinking to such a low level. One of you may again argue that it was just one player but when he plays for the country we have to generalize.

If we sledge every time we are winning then imagine the number of times Australians have beaten us. I am not degrading Indian cricket in any manner but off late it has taken a turn for the worst in many aspects. While some may be what we can call politics, things like these can be controlled. I only hope this doesn't happen in the future and we always have great games like these no matter which team wins as games like these is always good for the for the game of cricket.