The good behaviour and relations between India and Australia during the first couple of Tests had people saying that the Australian cricketers had lost their edge and did not play hard anymore.

Cut to the final day of the third Test and Tim Paine is being criticised for his exchange of words with Ravichandran Ashwin during that gruelling final session. The incident proved two things-one is that you simply cannot please everybody, and eventually one has to do what comes naturally and spontaneously. The sooner one learns that the easier it is to deal with the public eye and regular scrutiny.