Irritate opposition, not your own team: Dhoni to Sreesanth

Chennai, Feb 17 (PTI) The only people that Indian bowler
S Sreesanth should "irritate" on the cricket field are the
opposition players, said Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni
as he once again advised the temperamental pacer to remain
within "boundaries".
"I am very specific to him and told him that he should
not cross a few boundaries. It is better that you do not cross
those boundaries. If you want to irritate someone that should
be the opposition and not your side," Dhoni said of the Kerala
bowler, who has a reputation of losing his cool and coming up
with animated gestures in the heat of the moment.
Dhoni said he has no issues with Sreesanth's behaviour as
long as he keeps the aggression within limits.
"Till he does both these things, I am really happy to let
him do whatever he wants to do," he said.
Sreesanth was at his usual aggressive self in the two
pre-World Cup warm-up matches that India won and he hit the
headlines by getting into an argument with Australian skipper
Ricky Ponting during one of the games.
However, in the second warm-up match against New Zealand,
Dhoni said he was satisfied with the way the pacer conducted
himself.
"I do not think there was much. I must say that bit of
chit chat is always fine. It does not mean that whenever we
play cricket such things does not happen," Dhoni said.
"As I said, there are certain boundaries that you should
not get too personal with a player. If these guidelines are
followed I am quite happy with it. More often than not it is
the batsman and Sreesanth who knows exactly what is going on,"
he explained. PTI RE
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