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Sreesanth’s aggression may cost India: Symonds

Melbourne: Indian pacer S. Sreesanth’s continued inability to “rein himself in” when under pressure could end up costing his side dearly during the upcoming cricket tour down under, Australian all-rounder Andrew Symonds said.

Symonds, who had a series of confrontations with the mercurial pacer during last month’s one-day series in India, however, made it clear that he held no grudge against him.

“He’s just got white-line fever. He has got it that bad, he couldn’t rein himself in when he lost it a bit,” Symonds was quoted as saying by The Herald Sun.

“It will be interesting to see how he is received over here. I don’t dislike him. Off the ground, he was always polite. I saw him in the hotel and he always said ‘g’day’ and that,” he added. “But, as I said, he’s just got hite-line fever and, sometimes, he just loses control.”

Injury scare

Symonds is struggling with an injured ankle.

“The ankle joint is sore and swollen and I don’t have any confidence running on it. The physios seem to think I should be able to play the one-day game for Queensland (on December 5) before the Chappell-Hadlee (series) starts,” Symonds said.

The big-hitting all-rounder once again dared India to show aggression against the Aussies here.

“They had this campaign that they were going to fight fire with fire. I’m not sure whether it worked for them. They will have to work out a balance, as to when to go hard and when to back off a bit,” he said. — PTI

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