Since nothing is was heard by the umpires or the microphones, is it a neat way of the Australians calling Symonds monkey by proxy?
As far as this test match is concerned, wherein the umpiring was horrid, sledging (synonymous to Australians) the worst, Ponting, the pious liar, seen by the TV claiming for a grounded catch that he took and then acting holier than thou, and various other issues made it the worst in cricketing history.
Bishen Bedi wanting that India should forgive and get on with the game is fine, but then the Australians have never forgiven. Their Prime Minister also mucked in by calling the Sri Lankan spin wizard as a chukker.
As the village Indian english would go, tit for the tat!
You can forgive normal humans, but you can't forgive crass and crude Australian cricketers, who would not stoop to anything to win!
The English are equally competitive, so are the West Indians and Pakistanis, but the Australian cricketers are the worst to play this gentleman's game. They are better off playing some cricket in some slum.
At the same time, Australians, crass that they are by habit, are not really bad chaps. There are some wonderful Australians who are gentlemen to the core and I have the honour to have the acquaintance of some.