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Australian players hold the Champions Trophy as Damien Martyn (left) places his hand on Sharad Pawar (right, in white), president of the Board of Control for Cricket in <SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 700; COLOR: blue! important; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; POSITION: relative">India</SPAN> (BCCI), during the presentation ceremony of the ICC Champions Trophy cricket tournament in Mumbai on Sunday. Australia were criticised for rude behaviour yesterday after members of their triumphant squad pushed aside the Indian board president on the Champions Trophy victory podium. - reuters
NEW DELHI (Reuters)
Australia were criticised for rude behaviour yesterday after members of their triumphant squad pushed aside the Indian board president on the Champions Trophy victory podium.
<SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 400; COLOR: blue! important; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; POSITION: relative">Television</SPAN> pictures showed batsman Damien Martyn placing a hand on Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) president Sharad Pawar to move him as the players posed for pictures with the trophy at Mumbai's Brabourne stadium in the western state of Maharashtra.
Leading Indian newspapers carried pictures of the incident, which happened seconds after Pawar, a federal minister, presented the trophy to Australian skipper Ricky Ponting.
"This is how champions behave when they get the trophy," read the caption of a <SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 400; COLOR: blue! important; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; POSITION: relative">front </SPAN><SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 400; COLOR: blue! important; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; POSITION: relative">page</SPAN> article in the Indian Express.
Unpleasant experience
"They are supposed to be aggressive, even rude, on the field. On Sunday, after winning their maiden Champions Trophy in Mumbai, Australia showed they are not exactly polite off it too," said an article in The Times of India.
India batsman Sachin Tendulkar was also critical.
"It was an unpleasant experience and uncalled for," he told reporters. "Such thin
Australian players hold the Champions Trophy as Damien Martyn (left) places his hand on Sharad Pawar (right, in white), president of the Board of Control for Cricket in <SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 700; COLOR: blue! important; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; POSITION: relative">India</SPAN> (BCCI), during the presentation ceremony of the ICC Champions Trophy cricket tournament in Mumbai on Sunday. Australia were criticised for rude behaviour yesterday after members of their triumphant squad pushed aside the Indian board president on the Champions Trophy victory podium. - reuters
NEW DELHI (Reuters)
Australia were criticised for rude behaviour yesterday after members of their triumphant squad pushed aside the Indian board president on the Champions Trophy victory podium.
<SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 400; COLOR: blue! important; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; POSITION: relative">Television</SPAN> pictures showed batsman Damien Martyn placing a hand on Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) president Sharad Pawar to move him as the players posed for pictures with the trophy at Mumbai's Brabourne stadium in the western state of Maharashtra.
Leading Indian newspapers carried pictures of the incident, which happened seconds after Pawar, a federal minister, presented the trophy to Australian skipper Ricky Ponting.
"This is how champions behave when they get the trophy," read the caption of a <SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 400; COLOR: blue! important; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; POSITION: relative">front </SPAN><SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 400; COLOR: blue! important; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; POSITION: relative">page</SPAN> article in the Indian Express.
Unpleasant experience
"They are supposed to be aggressive, even rude, on the field. On Sunday, after winning their maiden Champions Trophy in Mumbai, Australia showed they are not exactly polite off it too," said an article in The Times of India.
India batsman Sachin Tendulkar was also critical.
"It was an unpleasant experience and uncalled for," he told reporters. "Such thin
