Bantering and talking of the opponent's weakness between themselves to get into the skin of the batsman might be the Aussie way and it might have been working for them very well over the years. And also, it may be true (who can deny with Sachin's example over the years?) that the way to get the Aussies uncomfortable might be to ignore their bantering and focus on the job on hand. And in the eyes of the Aussies, the Indian players are not really "standing up" to them by their current approach. But mate, there are cries all over the cricketing fraternity, articles written all over (including by you), so much of talks at the pre/post match press conferences, plenty of media attention etc. etc. about this Indian team's fiery behaviour on the field. Doesn't it mean that this is getting under the Aussie's skin? Not just the players'...
