Monday, March 03, 2008

Sledging an Aussie art, says Dhoni

INDIA captain MS Dhoni yesterday endorsed his team management's complaints about Australia's provocation, claiming Ricky Ponting's side had turned it into an "art form", while defending his use of illegal wicketkeeping gloves.

Dhoni also said, with a smile, that cricket can "never be a friendly game". A similar phrase saw Andrew Symonds damned by New Zealand High Court judge John Hansen in the Harbhajan Singh hearing.

Dhoni claims there was a problem with the Australians provoking his players in Sydney, as Indian management said in a letter of complaint to the match referee this week. However, he seemed to suggest his players needed to learn how to respond within the rules of the game.

"It's going on for a long time and we have to be careful about that - if you are getting provoked there are ways in which you can reply," Dhoni said yesterday.

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