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Can’t figure it out? Here’s the evidence. After all the acrimony of the second Test at Sydney and the backlash from some of their own fans and a section of their media, Ponting and his merry men were on their best behaviour in the third Test at Perth. The result? India won by 72 runs, that too at ‘Fortress WACA’ where Asian teams have lost all the previous nine Tests and where Australia have not been beaten for 11 years. Australian journalists noticed the change in behaviour from the first day where the appeals lacked the usual raucous conviction that succeeded in hoodwinking Messrs Bucknor and Benson at Sydney.  The look on wicket-keeper Adam Gilchrist’s face when he half-heartedly appealed for a catch (which came off the batsman’s forearm) was priceless!And there is a history behind this trend. Back in 1985 Australia were routed in England with their skipper Allan Border on the best of terms with his English counterpart David Gower. Four years later when Border brought his team back, the Poms were shocked that their Aussie mates refused to exchange a word with them. Predictable result — England were thrashed. And it happened again when Ponting took his team to England three years ago. England squeaked home 2-1 while old Aussie hands were tut-tutting at all the bonhomie displayed by their team. Ponting learned his lessons. When England were back in Australia a year later they received the hiding of their lifetimes. And you guessed it — the Aussies were ruthless on and off the field! Now the world champs have always prided themselves on leaving the battles on the field and sharing a beer with their rivals after the day’s play is done and dusted. That does not cut ice with the Indians though. Not sure who gave the green signal. But the Indian team management’s decision to drop abuse charges against Brad Hogg was a masterstroke of Gandhigiri’ proportions. It left Hogg and his teammates nonplussed and led to them lowering their guard. The other masterstroke was deciding to stay on and continue with the tour instead of stomping all the way home in protest against the decision to ban Harbhajan Singh. Battles are best won on the field and India are now the favourites to win the fourth Test at Adelaide too. So here’s a tip to all future visiting teams to Australia — get your opponents to play nice and watch them tamely roll over! Ponting, you have been had. Long live Gandhigiri! Send Jaal Your Feedback: ,br> RECENTLY ON JAAL: Ram Ram Setu India 60:60 Harry Potter And The Deadly Deletions De-Prez-Ed The Worst Of The World Cup Space Shuttled World Cup Wishful Thinking After Mush, The Beard? 10 Stories We Wish We'd Seen In 2006 Jaal's 8th Anniversary Special: With Guest Oddities In The Line Of Ire The Indo-Pak Joint Misstatement Speechless On I-Day India's World Cup XI Kaavya Stole From Jaal! Bushed: The Interview Everyone Wins Or Whines XXX MMS The Seven Deadly Sins Happy DiwOily The Disjointed Statement Nuclear Bummed Out Mush Mush Pakistan Adolfvani Worm In The Apple Modi's Operandi Sania Mania The Exclusive Ash Interview A Time To Care The Jaal Anniversary Giveaway 10 Reasons India Lost To Oz Calling Pakistan A Day In The Life Of Manmohan Singh Airstrip Tease The Jaal Exit Poll Vajpayee, Musharraf Quit! O Is For Ouch And Outsourcing The Nuclear Whore Bares All A Message From Atal Jaal Acquired By Yahoo The Bobby Trap Licking The Leak Revising Pakistani History Cheap Man, Cheaper Woman Tongue Tied T Kannan: 1940-2003 The Fair And Lovely Doctrine Grotesque Protests Maya Vs Mulayam: Top Of The Pops The Holi Blues Pain Pain Go Away Bill Gates' Conversion Agenda Exposed Hello? Wrong Number A Man Of Many Masks The Mathematics Of Gujarat Yeh Dil Maange Less Valentine's Daze The God Of Fried Things Kabhi Mushy, Kabhi Rough The Worst Of 2001 Omni-Laden The New ISI Chief Is A Pathan!! Osama And Veerappan The US Strikes Out Bush Talks Tough TN Wants A New CEO Code Red And The Blue Book Sucking Up To Musharraf The Tamasha In Tamil Nadu The Agra Assignment Going Ape Over Kashmir Bad Dream Factory Ballot Boxing Borderline Patriotism Bill Clinton's Hidden Agenda The Tapes: Replay The Naked Truth About Sinha's Dream Budget Give Us This Day Our Daily Disaster A Dip Into The Kumbh Hype Hype Hurray The A 2 Z Of Y2K What's Behind Bush? The Florida Ceasefire The Damn Dam Controversy A Weak-Kneed Operation Faster, Higher, Stranger You Have The Right To Be A Volunteer The ICE ICE Baby A Tale Of The Jungle King The Secret Autonomy Report Report When Batsman Became Betsman India's Human Genome Projectile Stone Age Flaws In ICE Age Laws A Dry Spell For Policy Planning Lara's Theme Dotcom Bubble Gum: Burst Or Bust Inside A VIP Cell A To Do About Dos A Dress Code For Klintonji
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