Symonds looking forward to a ‘decent’ IPL Series.
April 13th, 2008Controversial Australian batsman Andrew
Symonds,who has been brought by Deccan Chargers at a whopping price of
$1.35 million, the highest after Mahendra Singh Dhoni, is all set to
make peace with Indian crowd and his ‘foe’ Harbhajan Singh in the
forthcoming DLF-IPL Twenty20 tournament.
Symonds,who arrived
Friday night, said he would be his normal self with Harbhajan with whom
he had a troubled relationship during the recent India-Australia series.
The
Queensland all-rounder was also ready for any crowd reaction, during
the tournament. “I have to be there. I need to be cooler. I have seen
worse things than this. The crowd was there during the last tour.
People are passionate about cricket in India,” he said.
Talking
about sledging, the burly Symonds believed it would not play a big part
in this form of cricket as it is faster as it is found in Test cricket.
“I
don’t think there will be much of sledging. The game is played much
faster. There will be lot of running around. We won’t have time for
sledging,” he said.
Asked whether he was surprised for the
highest bid that was made, Symonds said “I was talking about the
auction process with my teammates.
It is amazing sort of event.
I want to enjoy and play well in India.” On the low bid for his captain
Ricky Ponting, Symonds said, “It is part of the game. The bidding
system may change in next two or three years.”
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On the growing
influence of IPL and whether he would prefer IPL or his country,
Symonds was hopeful that the International Cricket Council (ICC) will
find ways to solve this ticklish issue.
“Hopefully they will
find a remedy for players to play for the IPL and the country. The
boards would make way of everyone to be happy.” Symonds did not agree
T20 would push Test and ODI cricket to the background.
“I don’t
think Test cricket will take a backseat. There will be changes in the
game to make it interesting”. Symonds said he was looking forward to
play against his country teammates.
“It is something
different.We have been playing together for the last 10 years and now
it is a different competition. That will also be an interesting part of
the competition.”
Symonds said he had not seen other team list.
“But from what I have heard, Matthew Hayden’s (Chennai Super Kings)
team is a strong one.”
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