I'm concerned with the Virat Kohli, Ravi Shastri partnership: Sanjay Manjrekar

Former India batsman and television commentator Sanjay Manjrekar has hit out at aggressive philosophy developed by Indias Team Director Ravi Shastri and Test captain Virat Kohli after inform pacer Ishant Sharma was slapped with a oneTest ban for ugly sendoff during the third Test against Sri Lanka recently The visitors won the final Test to clinch the series 21 mdash their first series win in Sri Lanka in 22 yearsAlso ReadIshant Sharmas coach blames Kohli Shastri for his aggressionSanjay ManjrekarIshant will miss the first Test in Mohali against South Africa in November This is where I am a bit concerned with the Virat KohliRavi Shastri partnership That the Indians are not trying to tone their behaviour down after Australia and have got into ugly confrontations with even a team like Sri Lanka tells me that they dont see these actions as misdemeanours at allAlso ReadVenkatesh Prasad Ishant Sharma still learning rather than leading the pace attackPerhaps this is all part of their new brand of aggressive cricket If thats the case it does not make any cricketing sense at all For this version of aggressive cricket has cost India the services of their strike bowler a player who is in great form in a crucial Test match Manjrekar wrote in his column for ESPNCricinfoVirat Kohli and Ravi ShastriIshants coach Shravan Kumar in an interview to midday last week also put the blame on Kohli and Shastri for the pacers aggressive conduct on the field Manjrekar asked why aggression did not win India matches in Australia 201415 if that is the key element for winning Tests But India may say We won the series vs SL and this is what you need to be a winning team mdash a bit of aggression A simple retort would be Why didnt aggression win you games in AustraliaWhat I cant fathom about these sendoffs is when a wicket falls it means the batsman has failed and the bowler has succeeded but its the bowler who is angry for some reason Why should anger follow success When the anger of the victor is aimed at the vanquished its a brawl waiting to happen he wroteLong and short of it Sri Lankan tailender Rangana Herath left and Indias Ishant Sharma exchange words during the third Test at Sinhalese Sports Club in Colombo on August 30 2015 PicAFPManjrekar who played 37 Tests and 74 ODIs was surprised that no Sri Lankan player punched Ishant Sharma in the face for his antics Its important to note here that when a batsman gets out his whole world comes crashing down on him and he is emotionally extremely vulnerable Its a surprise that no Sri Lankan batsman punched Ishant in the faceNot once as he took his 15 wickets in the series did Dhammika Prasad scream angrily into an Indian batsmans face Instead he chose to join his teammates to savour the moment with a smile Right there I thought was a lesson for Ishant and India to learn he wroteYou missed thatManjrekar added There was one instance right towards the end of the last Test that the TV cameras did not show Prasad came out to bat in the second innings with India within arms reach of a winIshant was on high having got India back into the game with a superb spell with the second new ball in which he picked up the big wicket of Angelo Mathews Believe it or not Ishant was still keen to have a go at Prasad but Virat Kohli stopped himThat moment told me that one Ishant was not willing to learn a lesson on his own and two that perhaps mdash and this is speculation mdash he was not talked to sternly enough by the team management for him to have dared repeat the offence he noted