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by trying to reply semantically on a line-by-line basis, you've actually missed the point entirely...
breaking down an argument into all of its parts (not lines), does not affect my ability to understand a point. if ive missed the point, well then ive just simply missed the point.
when it comes to being royal pains in the ass, the indians take the cake.
are some indian players under-performing, over-paid 'rock stars', absolutely. do the bcci have an unhealthy level of control over all things cricket, no doubt.
that series did produce some of the ugliest test cricket played in this country, & the indians were just as bad as the australians regarding behaviour, on & off the field.
did the australian cricket team ever take responsibility for their actions in that series, which you have accused the indian cricket team of failing to do?
i have always loved the way australia has played its cricket. we had a level of intimidation on the cricket field that hasn't been displayed by any other team since. we played hard, & fair, unless a game was on the line, then all bets were off, which is what happened in sydney 2008.
your implications that any type of behaviour by an australian player that is considered outside the spirit of the game is beyond any level of reproach, just because no australian player/official has 'publicly' lectured the rest of the world on such matters, yet the indian cricket team has no credibility every time an indian cricketer, currently playing or retired, behaves outside the spirit of the game, beause of a statement made by a retired indian captain, is just as 'pious' and 'self-righteous' as kumble implications of 2008.
also, how many times has a cricket board decided not to publicly back its captain?
the indian cricket team, under anil kumble's should have been fair game for questioning every time the team/players decided to act in a way that may have been considered outside the spirit of the game.
bringing in the actions of kohli and sharma as examples of failing to measure up to the benchmark & standards implied by kumble in 2008, is clutching at straws, nit-picking, indian bashing, & just embarrassing.
the most obvious off all your points is that you have a disdain for anything that is indian cricket, and that every act by indian cricket is destined to fail under the benchmarks & standards implicated by anil kumble's statements of 4 years ago, which you have attached a level of importance that far outreaches a reasonable scope.

