Controversies sells. So who are the other Australians who have tried to ruin Indian cricketers' image to rake in moolah?
This ugly incident was a pandora's box not just for the journalists across the world but also for the cricketers. First it was Adam Gilchrist who came out with his book named -- 'True Colours'. He accused Sachin Tendulkar of lying but immediately took a U-turn after the comments raged a controversy in India.
Soon after Andrew Symonds himself came out with a book called 'Roy on the Rise' - a year of living dangerously and criticized everyone for letting off Harbhajan Singh.
Finally it was skipper Ricky Ponting's turn to touch the subject in Captain's Diary 2008 - A year of Tests, turmoil and T20. Punter also took a hit a MS Dhoni saying that Team India's T20 victory in 2007 World Cup has got more to do with luck than skills.
So, John Buchanan's latest book and comments on Sunil Gavaskar, Yuvraj Singh and then his denial is yet again a repeat of the unhealthy trend that Aussies have been following for selling their books.
"Aussies are outspoken, they always present their views quite frankly. I don't agree with John Buchanan on Yuvraj Singh, but like everyone else John has right to express his opinion," Chetan Chauhan, former India player, said.
In fact, the trend of India bashing by the Aussies started in 2004 when Steve Waugh took a dig at Sourav Ganguly in his book 'Out of my Comfort Zone'. The book, not surprisingly, sold quite a few copies in India.
Even in 1980s and 1990s Australians used controversies to sell their books by taking a hoe at the Englishmen, their rivals for 100 years. May be, all the Australians should just take a word of advice from Matthew Hayden, who resisted the temptation of adding spices to his book, and wrote a book on using spices to cook good food.
This ugly incident was a pandora's box not just for the journalists across the world but also for the cricketers. First it was Adam Gilchrist who came out with his book named -- 'True Colours'. He accused Sachin Tendulkar of lying but immediately took a U-turn after the comments raged a controversy in India.
Soon after Andrew Symonds himself came out with a book called 'Roy on the Rise' - a year of living dangerously and criticized everyone for letting off Harbhajan Singh.
Finally it was skipper Ricky Ponting's turn to touch the subject in Captain's Diary 2008 - A year of Tests, turmoil and T20. Punter also took a hit a MS Dhoni saying that Team India's T20 victory in 2007 World Cup has got more to do with luck than skills.
So, John Buchanan's latest book and comments on Sunil Gavaskar, Yuvraj Singh and then his denial is yet again a repeat of the unhealthy trend that Aussies have been following for selling their books.
"Aussies are outspoken, they always present their views quite frankly. I don't agree with John Buchanan on Yuvraj Singh, but like everyone else John has right to express his opinion," Chetan Chauhan, former India player, said.
In fact, the trend of India bashing by the Aussies started in 2004 when Steve Waugh took a dig at Sourav Ganguly in his book 'Out of my Comfort Zone'. The book, not surprisingly, sold quite a few copies in India.
Even in 1980s and 1990s Australians used controversies to sell their books by taking a hoe at the Englishmen, their rivals for 100 years. May be, all the Australians should just take a word of advice from Matthew Hayden, who resisted the temptation of adding spices to his book, and wrote a book on using spices to cook good food.
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