Aussies very bad losers: Harbhajan

The ongoing One-day series between India and Australia is not only being fought with the bat and the ball but also by words and actions.


Following heated arguments with some of the Australian players in the second match at Kochi on Tuesday, Indian off-spinner Harbhajan Singh has accused the visitors of arrogance and vulgar language.


In the Kochi ODI, Harbhajan had an argument with the Aussies after his dismissal by Michael Clarke and even pointed his bat at some of the fielders.


He was finally asked by umpire Steve Bucknor to leave the ground.


Now the offie claims that some Australian players used vulgar language after Adam Gilchrist stumped him off Clarke.


Harbhajan said the Australians were arrogant and could not digest their loss to India in the semi-final of the Twenty20 World Championship in South Africa.


"They think they are superior and can do and say whatever they like, but that is not the case. They are very bad losers. They were beaten in the World Cup and they clearly did not like that," Harbhajan was quoted as saying by the Sydney Morning Herald..


Harbhajan added that though the One-Day world champions were a very good team but they don't play the game in the right spirit.


"They are a very good cricket side, but that does not mean that they can do whatever they want to do. They say they play the game in the right spirit, but they don't in reality. There is nothing gentlemanly about the way they play," Harbhajan said.


"I was responding to a lot of vulgar words that were said to me. I don't have any problem with chitchat on the field, so long as it is about the game. But when it is very personal and vulgar, that is not on. They think you cannot fight back and they do not like it when you do," he further said.


Harbhajan also said that he would not tolerate the Australian 'gamesmanship'.


"I won't listen to that crap. If they want to play like that, they'll get it back from us," he said.