Sachin v Gilly

From Bidwan Baruah, India
The "Monkeygate" affair is back in the news again. Of course now the media has some food on their plate till the next match begins. But what is the bigger picture? Why now? I know Gilchrist had written this quite some time back and his book is yet to be released, but why has this come to the press now?

Australia 1-0 down in the series, Sachin reaching the 12000 run mark, Indians booming with confidence, how about some mind games? And that too from the player regarded as the 'most honest', Gilly 'The Walker' to the one regarded as the 'most respected'. The mind games are not working for the Aussies this time whether it be Ponting telling that Zaheer that he had a 'rare' good match or insisting their so called spinners are bowling better then the Indian counterparts only to be contradicted by their camp later on with the coach Neilsen acknowledging Zaheer's awesome mastery over reverse swing and the performance of all the Indian bowlers.

Now, the million dollar question: Will Sachin respond like he did when 'Guru Greg' questioned his integrity? If he does, the war of words will escalate. And if he doesn't, the Aussies might say Sachin is guilty and so has not responded. In either case there is just one team that gains from of all this: No, not Australia or India. It's the Media.