KOLKATA: Legendary South African all-rounder Jacques Kallis on Sunday termed the ball-tampering scandal by Australian gamers as a "big wake-up call" for cricketers world wide, including that everyone should now know the place to attract the road.
Australian captain Steve Smith and vice-captain David Warner were slapped with a one-year international ban, whilst opener Cameron Bancroft was suspended for nine months as Cricket Australia (CA) cracked the whip at the errant trio for his or her role within the ball-tampering scandal throughout the 3rd Test in Cape Town.
"I believe there has been numerous media and numerous talk over what has came about in the last few days. It's most definitely taken up too much of everyone's time.
"I will be able to't add to that too much however I believe it is simply been a get up call for everyone in international cricket. We want to look after this game and ensure we play in the precise spirit and the precise manner," Kallis advised newshounds at the sidelines of Kolkata Knight Riders' (KKR) jersey launch on the team lodge right here.
Kallis is the pinnacle trainer of the two-time champions and was provide at the occasion at the side of skipper Dinesh Karthik, his deputy Robin Uthappa, chinaman Kuldeep Yadav, Piyush Chawla, West Indian all-rounder Andre Russell, U-19 World Cup winners Shivam Mavi, Shubman Gill and Kamlesh Nagarkoti amongst others.
"It's simply made gamers all around the world mindful that you must watch out of what you do. So like I stated it's going to be a large get up call," Kallis added.
The 42-year-old, who has represented the Proteas in 166 Tests and 328 One-Day Internationals (ODI), scoring over 13,000 runs in red-ball cricket and taking 292 wickets, added that at KKR the tension is at all times on enjoying exhausting however in an excellent means.
"What I can be pressing upon my gamers is that we play the sport exhausting however we play fair. It's pretty much how I would like to see KKR play and that is the reason how we've got been enjoying in the past," he stated.
KKR tackle Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) on April 8 on the Eden Gardens to start their IPL campaign.
Australian captain Steve Smith and vice-captain David Warner were slapped with a one-year international ban, whilst opener Cameron Bancroft was suspended for nine months as Cricket Australia (CA) cracked the whip at the errant trio for his or her role within the ball-tampering scandal throughout the 3rd Test in Cape Town.
"I believe there has been numerous media and numerous talk over what has came about in the last few days. It's most definitely taken up too much of everyone's time.
"I will be able to't add to that too much however I believe it is simply been a get up call for everyone in international cricket. We want to look after this game and ensure we play in the precise spirit and the precise manner," Kallis advised newshounds at the sidelines of Kolkata Knight Riders' (KKR) jersey launch on the team lodge right here.
Kallis is the pinnacle trainer of the two-time champions and was provide at the occasion at the side of skipper Dinesh Karthik, his deputy Robin Uthappa, chinaman Kuldeep Yadav, Piyush Chawla, West Indian all-rounder Andre Russell, U-19 World Cup winners Shivam Mavi, Shubman Gill and Kamlesh Nagarkoti amongst others.
"It's simply made gamers all around the world mindful that you must watch out of what you do. So like I stated it's going to be a large get up call," Kallis added.
The 42-year-old, who has represented the Proteas in 166 Tests and 328 One-Day Internationals (ODI), scoring over 13,000 runs in red-ball cricket and taking 292 wickets, added that at KKR the tension is at all times on enjoying exhausting however in an excellent means.
"What I can be pressing upon my gamers is that we play the sport exhausting however we play fair. It's pretty much how I would like to see KKR play and that is the reason how we've got been enjoying in the past," he stated.
KKR tackle Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) on April 8 on the Eden Gardens to start their IPL campaign.
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