Just days before the India V Australia series, the Aussies have already started their favourite pre-match ritual - the mind games. A video uploaded by an Australian sports network showed their players and anchors mocking India over the “handshake row,” taking cheap shots and using juvenile gestures. From Glenn Maxwell’s mimicry to Alyssa Healy’s taunts and Sophie Molineux’s offensive gestures, the act went from playful to plain disrespectful. The video was later deleted, but the damage was done. Rupha Ramani breaks down why Australia’s trolling backfired, the hypocrisy behind their “banter,” and why India’s silence might just be the most powerful response.
