Their form with the bat maybe patchy but Team India's policy of 'giving it back' to the Aussies has succeeded to a great extent with Australian skipper Ricky Ponting crying foul over Sreesanth's antics and asking for official action to stop this. A furious Ponting has labelled fresh charges of sledging against the pacer during the Chandigarh one-dayer and asked him to either mend his ways or be prepared for the Aussie response in the upcoming return Test and one-day series.As first reported by The Indian Express on October 9, Sreesanth clapped his hands in Andrew Symonds' face as the all-rounder was leaving the field after getting dismissed in the match and a furious Symonds waved his bat angrily before teammates intervened to broker peace. Sreesanth was not part of the playing XI in Chandigarh but his taunting from the boundary line (he was with the drinks) has irked the Australians. Ponting claimed Sreesanth had passed remarks and taunted five batsmen as they stepped in and out of the dressing room and wondered how he escaped punishment from match referee for such acts of indiscipline."It happened probably four or five times the other day when we lost wickets and said, ‘Australia would lose’; him running past somebody coming off the ground. But what can you do about it if the authorities aren't going to do anything about it?"It was disappointing to see that happening the other day. He (Sreesanth) chirped me out to bat as well. I snapped my head back around," Ponting was quoted as saying in Herald Sun today. "I got a chance to ask him about it and got him one-on-one when he ran a drink out later. He said he was talking to someone else. It was someone who is not playing the game, so you don't even get a chance to get revenge on them," he said.The Australian skipper is furious that the Indian seamer has not been punished. Match Referee Chris Broad said he was unaware of any incidents involving Sreesanth and action would not be taken. "Nothing seems to be happening about it," Ponting said. Ponting even warned Sreesanth to brace up to a response on the upcoming tour to Australia. "He is doing it for a response, but when our guys get our backs up, that is when our best cricket comes out. We have got a few months of cricket coming up against (them). If he gets picked he will be a big part of that," he said.The Kerala seamer came for some harsh words from former Australian captain Ian Chappell as well. Chappell slated him as a "slow learner who risks sinking in a sea of fines." "Sreesanth has been pinged a few times and he could well finish his career with a bank balance that's exactly the same as when he started his career, if he keeps going the way he is," Chappell said.The seven match one-day series started on a ill-tempered note as both sides had exchanged words on the field in the Kochi match following which both the captains were called by match referee and asked to restrain their players.
