In a veiled swipe at Shane Warne and Ian Chappell for their outburst against the Australian team, vice-captain Adam Gilchrist today said retired stars should stop "getting personal" and "making negative" comments.
That's what we have prided ourselves in. It seems some guys in retirement have just lost that. I don't understand it. I don't know why people are getting personal about things in the press and in the public," the wicket-keeper fumed.
Gilchrist's remarks come after Warne and Chappell launched a scathing attack at former coach John Buchanan with the former calling him a "goose", who had "verbal diarrhoea".
Warne had also described the Australian team's attitude as being aggressive.
Chappell, meanwhile, had said that even his daughter would have done a better job than Buchanan at coaching the Australians.
Gilchrist, without naming anybody in particular said the former players had gone too far in their criticism of the team and Buchanan. "(The Australian team) is an elite club and we've always felt a major characteristic of being in that club is to show respect."
On the upcoming four Tests against India, Gilchrist said the series would be hard fought as the visitors "may be more ready for Test cricket than we are". "It will be hard-fought, they're a team that has said they want to take the challenge up to us in an aggressive manner," Gilchrist said.
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