That was kinda rude to Gavin, Dear Dilip. Gavin may not have achieved what Warne achieved but he has a very valid point in his article.
You and probably most of the readers who commented to this article have not quite understood what Gavin is saying.
What he means is this ...
Sledge and by all means irritate the opposition but only to buckle him and not to strengthen him.
We may be matching the Aussies vocally but as of now, we are not quite matching them in performance.
See, in the first 4 ODI's, we can see the huge diff. in the performance of the two teams in similar situations ... their opening vs our opening; their target defending ability vs ours; their ability to come back and to sustain an onslaught of Yuvraj vs our ability to stop Michael Clark.
I am not being pessimistic about India. I know Indians are slowly getting under the skins of Aussies and it is showing.
I also believe that it was Ponting and Symonds who started the fire and r now running rather annoyed and startled atfer India's refusal to give up.
The 5th ODI will be a crucial one, not just from the series point of view but also from a long term point of view ....... if India wins it, it will surely put Aussies under a lot of pressure since it was Ponting who had said that he intends to win every match in the Future Cup but then wud have squandered a 2-0 lead.
However, the point here is winning and leaving the Aussies smarting after defeat.
Sleding shud get to the mind of opposition and not ur own
