The sudden verbal pyrotechnics of the little master had the Aussies, past masters of the art, rattled. Sachin at the end of the recent series against Australia told us that he has indeed come to accept gamesmanship as a part of the game. What we usually do on the field is with the sole objective of scoring more runs or getting more wickets. If it is limited to that extent, I don't think there is any problem. When we leave the game we should leave these little incidents too behind.
Gamesmanship is there to stay.