Indians & Aggression

The golden rule is "Winners can show aggression". Losers need to be humble. And the Indian cricket team seems to have learnt it the hard way. The young team's aggression on and off the ground was respected when they won the T20 World Cup. But after the miserable defeat to the mighty Australians in the Future Cup, Sreesanth and Harbhajan Singh have learnt the lesson the hard way.

Displaying agression on the ground is considered a taboo by Indians, as it goes again the spirit of the game - Gentleman's game is what the cricket puritans will say. But I strongly condemn it. We need people on the ground who can give a sledging or two back to the Australians. Why take it and complain over it, when you can always give it back.

Having said that, the boys need to channelise their aggression meaningfully by becoming consistent and thrashing the competition. Unless you beat the competition, Sreesanth and Harbhajans of the world will be termed as "reckless" and will be dropped by the wayside.