In recent times, we have seen the Indian cricket team get into a huddle each time a bowler takes a wicket.This was interpreted to convey that a hitherto-unseen team spirit was suffusing the team; that the team hadshed its brahminical aversion to physical contact between players (TheRetreat of the Brahmin). But it may well be that this apparent display of team spirit has been entirelysponsored by an MNC that has signed on a majority of the team members.