Beat Indians On The Field, Not Off It!

Should Australia Substitute Caution for Aggression? There should be a zero tolerance policy towards the racist attacks on Indians in Australia. But perhaps a couple of the Indian cricketers would be endorsing it on the field as well.
Even as the 2010 Commonwealth Games (CWG) are receiving the first real step towards the countdown in India in the presence of Queen Elizabeth and the President of India, Pratibha Patil, there are other serious concerns such as the continuing racism, especially towards Indian students in Australia.
It was an area that even Adam Gilchrist, the former Australian wicket keeper batsman, admitted was something that continued to trouble Australian authorities because Australian universities attract a large number of Indian students and naturally their fees would help enormously.
But coming back to the match, perhaps a healthy competition should surface only on sports field, in economic arenas and not result in bloodshed anywhere.
There was a theory going around that perhaps Australia, sensing the dip following the absence of Brett Lee, decided to turn on the aggro meter which resulted in Mitchell Johnson getting into a verbal scuffle with an unmoved Virender Sehwag and later, getting in the way of Mahendra Singh Dhoni, although in the defense of the bowler, he was entitled to stand his ground while the batsman is expected to work his way around.
Dhoni even spoke of the immediate daze he felt upon being hit on his helmet, rather the back of his head protected barely by the helmet. But perhaps he should not have taken his eyes off the ball, given the reputation of the opposition.
But the bigger trick was perhaps on the Australian team. By bringing in aggression, as a deliberate ploy or in frustration, Australia lost sight of the target. Whether Ricky Ponting, the Australian captain, was bluffing himself electing to field first is besides the point. That Australia did not execute their plans while bowling and that the Indians made a bolder attempt to tackle the opposition was the undoing of the visitors.
Perhaps next time round, Ponting would like his bowlers on a tight leash and not allow their head strong behaviour come in the way of the need of the hour.

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