India was struggling to find fast bowlers during that period and when Javagal Srinath made his debut he was aggressive and had pace but he was not involved in any tantrums. The first Indian bowler that started giving back sledging was Sreesanth and now a days majority of the Indian bowlers does that.
I guess Srinath was the only bowler back then who could bowl at speeds of greater than 90 mph. Others such as Prasad and Mohanty struggled even to reach the 80 mph mark. But in terms of attitude, all of them were known to be mild natured. Even the generation of pace bowlers who came after the Srinath-Prasad era, such as Zaheer Khan maintained this reputation. Sreesanth was an exception, and he went overboard at times. And that was the reason why his own team members went against him. Kohli even gave him a nickname of "Appam Chutiya". Indian bowlers have always been very polite and calm-natured. Except for the recent era of course. To be honest they have seen other teams sledging and having a good result and I think they are trying that themselves but sometimes they can often cross the line. And the funny thing is the bowlers who actually cross the line are not actually that good at their job
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