I thought sreesanth was the real winner in the match. he took his opportunity well and was the best indian pacer by a long distance and has given himself a good chance to get in first XI. By the way he danced at Nel after hitting a six and for the record Nel began the problem by first sledging sreesanth in the previous ball.

Another writer with no sense of research. It was, as Daniel mentioned, Nel and not Steyn. Sreesanth is no angel but his behaviour was nothing compared to Ponting's child-like tirade against an Asian umpire when KP was given not out (quite correctly) in the Boxing Day test. Ponting's first over against Ashwin yday proved why Tendulkar and Lara will always be rated higher than him--the dude's got no clue against spin.

Sreesanth bowled really well in the match and troubled Ponting a lot with his deliveries..took the important wicket of Shane watson when all the other pacers were struggling.. And the team won in the end as well.. so.. from what i see, the author of this blog seems to be the real loser...
my advice: do some research (or at least watch the match) before writing such articles.. !

Seems like the blogger is the real loser here, neither Sreesanth nor Ricky are the losers, they did exchange words at the heat of the moment. It dosent mean that they actually mean it. Lets enjoy the game, until the confrontation goes physical..!!!

Dear Author, It was nice reading your article especially to read the real passion with which you came hard on sreesanth... But dear brother, there is always something called facts and i am sorry that they have been overlooked.. Sreesanth is a world class bowler and we have to admit that. And when compared to the sledging of aussies, South africans and such others, the whole team india seems much always on the receiving end and that too receiving without any complaints.. Sreesanth is the lone cricketer from india who have shows the balls to stand back and reply to the sledging... and the naturally defensive indian culture find it hard to digest.. I respect him as a bowler and adore him for being the only real man in the indian team.. I adore you too for voicing your opinion, but just weight every side before writing an elaborate article like this... Thanks brother and hoping to read more from you...

True about sreesanth's behavior, but the point to be noted here is that it looks to be India's gameplan in recent times that someone from the team would "annoy" Ricky Ponting and sledge something to him. Last test series in India, Zaheer Khan sledged after Ponting got run-out by telling him that he is becoming too old nowadays. That was unnecessary too. But what I think happening with India and Australia is that India were in receiving end from Ponting and his legends' sledging especially when they toured down under. And, nobody in India likes Ponting as a person for all the sledging he had done and surely the now consistent Indian team has made it a habit to give back all before punter's career is well over. bottomline is today Sreesanth is just made to do something to Ponting, may be as part of game plan. When someone sledges Ponting, his team really starts performing badly, which needs to be noted down by all other opponents. After all, sledging aussies is not a crime as they themselves know only too well.