The gentleman's game??

The lady is blogging on the man's arena, that too a gentle ones'. If recent matches were anything to go by, it wouldn't be a fitting description. The question comes if sledging showcases one's weakness or the complacence? It has always been taken as a right by the Aussies. It starts from the inauguration ceremony where the skipper makes it a point to tell how their's a better team and the weakness in the opposition. The battle is sometimes half won there. The right strings are pulled to aggravate the player on the field. Once in a while, the player gives it back(I am not going to support the act of Bhajji but then it was asked for). The culprit is the one who provokes the comments and not the one falls for it. The new 'young' Indian team represent the new India, not believing in staying silent, just because that worked some 60 years back. As Tharoor rightly says, this breed represents the new generations' thoughts- Give it back when you don't deserve the flak. Words are mine, but thats the feeling. I am doing what the media are accused of. This comment was made when Dravid hadn't put a follow on when possible and taken a psychological edge on the Aussies. This article isn't to bash the decision or stand by the new team composition. I still feel that the team should have comprised of some seniors(without being partial to Dravid alone). And when you give poor form in one match as a reason to keep someone out, shouldn't a poor series keep the player out too, eventhough the player is God?