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India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni was insistent about the charge made against England bowler James Anderson for allegedly pushing Ravindra Jadeja.
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SOUNDBITE (English) Mahendra Singh Dhoni, India captain (on the ongoing row between Jimmy Anderson and Ravindra Jadeja):
"Well, the good thing is, it's not something that has only happened now. It's a constant thing that keeps happening but frankly we have been on the receiving end a lot of times where somebody starts something and we retaliate and we get fined for that. I think it was good on (Ravindra) Jadeja not to really do something. It could have gone a bit far, but I felt that he addressed it in the most appropriate manner and that's something that we all have to learn and move forward. Somebody has to back off at the right time because at the end of the day we play a sport - and a lot of people look up to us. So, there is a lot of responsibility on us.
"Definitely like to do is to make sure that the remainder of the match is played in the right spirit and at the same time it shouldn't be very docile. We want the players to be aggressive, we want them to say a few things but at the same time it is very important not to flow with it and cross the boundaries and I think it will be our responsibility to make sure it is played in the right spirit and we'll try our best to maintain that."
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Dhoni defends Jadeja
Thursday, July 17 2014Category:Cricket