“Obnoxious little weed”

Hayden reportedly referred to Harbhajan an “obnoxious little weed” on a radio show. The Indian media is reporting this widely and doing its best to provoke sentiments, responses and so on. I think the best way is to ignore such comments; affording them media coverage only serves to keep the issue in the limelight for longer than it deserves.

Every person is entitled to his or her opinion and Hayden has his. Hayden calling Bhajji names does not make them stick- or true. I think all these on- and off-the field tactics are a clear sign that Ponting and his team are quite worried and are a way to distract the Australian public’s attention from a summer that has been far from easy sailing for the home team. Team India should savour its victory and focus on trying to beat Australia in the finals. Everything else is just noise that will soon attenuate.