after the monkeygate happened when we started playing for dc in the ipl in 2008 we the indian players had those reservations about playing with symonds the monkeygate had happened just a few months earlier we had a certain image of him however after interacting with him and sharing the dressing room with him i realized that he was a very sweet guy who mingled around freely he was very nice to speak to my perception about him symmo changed completely he was that tough guy who would always stand for his team praises ojhadecoding symonds personality ojha says his job was to intimidate people whether he was playing for australia or any other team since he was a huge guy he like most aussie cricketers would play those mental games apart from that as a teammate he was a very soft guy who cared for his team he was a proper team man he looked tough but when you interacted with him he came across as soft maybe thats how the aussies cricketers wanted to portray themselves they dont want you to see their soft side