It could be many things. The area they are from, some of the upbringing, Our Skin color, them sharing borders with some of the rough (on the edges) folks. Also, remember how we have such fondness for batsmen like After and Ashraful, who were know to be aggressive. To some, if you bat down the ground and you don't huff and puff, you are not a good batsman. It comes from cricket knowledge and experience. In the ODI, they huffed and puffed (fee good strokes) against some friendly bowling and really friendly field setting my Mushy. They looked good enough to get to 200 but ended up getting to 250ish. That was due to huff and puff and our timidity. We could huff and puff too but it looks ugly, edgy, and some times it lands you in trouble, if you end up loosing too many wickets. I liked our approach. It was controlled and professional.
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