Cricket

No catches pact: Sehwag

Indian opener Virender Sehwag said Tuesday he was against a “catches pact” with Ricky Ponting’s Australia in the upcoming Test series after bitter memories of the last tour Down Under.

“We suffered the most in the catches pact during the last series,” Sehwag told a sports channel ahead of the four-match series starting in Bangalore on Thursday. “There is no point in having such an arrangement when the Australians are claiming one-bounce catches. We’d have won the Sydney Test if they hadn’t claimed catches off half-volleys in that game.”

The Sydney Test ended the pre-series captains’ agreement on taking the fielder’s word on disputed catches, but Aussie captain Ricky Ponting recently said he was still open to the idea.

“I will have a think about it and see if I think it is the right idea to bring it up again,” Ponting has said.

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