More theatre than rage?
ESPNcricinfo staff
25-Feb-2013
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Sharda Ugra, the deputy editor of India Today, doesn't think Warne v Ganguly will mean as much in the context of the IPL.
Yet there is an air of the ho-hum about this Warne-inspired needle-fest. His grouse(s) against Ganguly may be justified but the blond bad boy has, after all, made his reputation not just as the king of spin but also as the master of the mind game. His late-night press conference in Jaipur where he launched his offensive seemed more theatrical than enraged. As fine a piece of theatre as it was, it hasn’t quite generated the frisson of animosity it would have in another context.
That other context is, of course, international cricket; when playing for Australia, Warne may have yet said what he did about an opponent, probably not at a press conference but a syndicated newspaper column. His words would have loomed over every other encounter and involved every man on either side.
Elsewhere, the Telegraph's Austin Peters, reveals how Jeremy Snape, the Rajasthan Royals' performance coach, has impressed the side and won Shane Warne's confidence.
Ashok Ganguly is an editorial assistant at Cricinfo