India vs. Australia: Tim Paine returns to Clarke's comment "to care about being loved" | locust

Australian captain Tim Paine reacted to Michael Clarke's comment that the national team was worried about being liked by the opposition as a result of the controversy surrounding sabotage in South Africa .

Clarke said that if the Australian team feared to be loved, then the team will win nothing. However, Paine said the team did not talk about being loved by anyone.

"Nobody talked about being loved, certainly by the opposition. We talked about the desire to win the trust of the Australian public and to ensure that the Australian public and cricket fans love or love the Australian test team, "Paine told ESPNCricinfo.

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The 33-year-old added that the Australian side would try to prevent opponents to play with them by their skills and not by their words.

I think there have been times when we have gone too far with that and have actually abandoned what we are good for. Our number one strength is our talent. So we have to play cricket: it's hard for guys to fight against us and hard to play against us. We want to create an uncomfortable environment for players. we, but we want to do it mainly through our skills, "said Paine.

However, Paine added that Australian players have the freedom to engage in some verbal jokes, but they will not go beyond that. [19659002] "It depends on the individual, I know that some guys like it, for others it does not matter In cricket test and with some of the guys on the Indian side, There will be times when there will be some warmth in the middle, and the guys will be directly in the competition.For us, we have to put all our talent to our service, so if guys want to get involved in this kind of things, it's fine, added Paine.

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"But We Now Know The Difference Between What Is just and what's wrong, and we're not going to overdo it but you must certainly defend your team and your teammates, and I'm sure when the time comes, we'll do it. But for us, the main goal will be to play the best possible cricket. "

First published: Nov. 28, 2018 22:02 IST