Former Indian player blasts Ishant Sharma and team India's celebration

Bedi slammed Indian team

Former Indian spinner, Bishen Singh Bedi, blasted out fast bowler Ishant Sharma for his verbal sledging with the Sri Lankan players in last final Test, reports Firstpost. He said it was a "pathetic display of aggression" from the Indian paceman.

Bedi also said that skipper Virat Kohli should control his warlike attitude and start being a role model to his teammates and other juniors. Ishant had a heated argument with Sri Lanka's Dhammika Prasad and Dinesh Chandimal for which ICC banned the in-form pacer of India for one match.

Calling the whole incident pathetic and unfortunate, Bedi said: "See they talked about aggression and then an Ishant gets banned for a match. Is this what you want on a cricket field? This is pathetic display of aggression. And remember this has nothing to do with Virat's aggression, who is just giving statement after statement and trying to sell his aggression through words," Bedi said.

"Kohli did a very good job in the context of this series but he needs to control his aggression. There is always one camera which is focused on the captain, so he has to be an exceptionally good role model. You be aggressive with your bat, ball and fielding not with your mouth," the former left-arm spinner said. "These are very early days as far as his captaincy is concerned. There is so much more to be done. And there are far too many lacunas in the Indian team. We would be absolutely blind if we don't see the shortcomings now."

India won the last two matches after losing the opening match to win the series. The men in blue won the Test series in Sri Lanka after 22 years long wait. Bedi did congratulate team India for the victory but also said that this is no big achievement as India faced a weaker Sri Lanka side.

"Ye itna bada kaddoo mein teer nahin maara hai (It's no great achievement either). If they would have won 3-0 then I would have understood. Ok, now you have won, but what's the need for this craziness. You had gone there to win, right.

"So you did what you were expected to do, what's the fuss all about. Let's not go overboard for goodness' sake. This Sri Lankan team was a very weak side. They should have destroyed them," said Bedi.

"But a win is a win. I would like to congratulate the boys, but there is no point in the country going berserk over this victory. There has to be some stability in the mind. You lose, you go mad and then you win, you again go crazy. When are we going to mature and accept defeat and victory in a very balanced manner," he added.

The left-arm orthodox bowler who hails from Punjab represented India in 67 Test matches in which he has picked 266 wickets at an average of 28.71. Bedi was known for his deceptive bowling where he could bowl flight, loop, spin and pace deliveries with the same action.