Re: Just look at the score card of this test match!!!
Well if you look at it, the Indians were pretty good at playing West Indians. Gavaskar made a ton of runs there. I think it was the unsportsman like behavior of the WI bowlers that Bedi was protesting at. Remember, a BEAMER is considered dangerous, even in this day and age. A few months ago Razzaq (yes, with his 120 kph deliveries) was taken off the attack after his two beamers in the VB series. And so was Irfan Pathan in the recent ODI series. If consistent short-pitch, aimed-at-the-body bowling was not considered dangerous, then the Bodyline series would not have made such headlinges. But then those were the days without helmets.
But then again, there was a batsman called Salim Malik who played the Windies fasties in 1986/87 series with a broken arm, plastered and all. It was no mean achievement facing up to Malcolm Marshall at his peak, holding the bat with only one hand, the other arm being plastered and hanging out in front.