Sunny Vs Ponting: Part 2

I was awaiting a response from Ponting and surely it was there.

He could have let the comments go. But, being a captain of the team, he also had to defend his team specially when attacked by someone as statesman as Gavaskar. I agree with that, but he fell for the bait that Gavaskar had for him. The attack looked personal, but was not personal. He went ballistic. He had a personal attack on Gavaskar - regarding his walk out on being called LBW. I agree with him that it was wrong to walk out and umpire's decision is final. They make mistake, but that is part of the game. But, by attacking Sunny personally, he proved that Sunny's remarks hurt him where they were meant to. He seemed like an enraged lion. (Second test - Sunny 1.5 - Ponting 0.5)

Also, Ponting recognized that the remarks were meant to play with Australian mind and had an ulterior motive of helping their opponents (SA, IND, NZ). So, he attacked the performance of Indian cricket team and tried to make Gavaskar responsible for the loss. This was a bait that went very wrong for Ponting. In fact, his response makes him feel like an inarticulate person. Judge for yourself.

Gavaskar's Summary: Though Australia has been a dominating force in world cricket and play aggressive cricket like West Indians were in the 70s, they are not loved as well as West Indies of the 70s. This is because of their behavior on the field. Their behavior and aggressiveness falls on the side of unsportsmanlike

Ponting's response: Well Gavaskar himself was not sportsmanlike (eg walk out). Also India has been performing very bad with Gavaskar been associated with the team blah blah blah.

Let me leave with a visual: Ponting made himself look like a CAGED Lion. He wants to attack theperson who is poking him, but the more he tries to attack him, the more he hurts himself as he bangs against the cage. (Third test Analysis: Sunny 2.5 - Ponting 0.5)

Of course this is not over yet, wait for this series between the two titans to get more interesting।

Current Status: Sunny 2.5 - Ponting 0.5