KOLKATA: Legendary South African all-rounder Jacques Kallis on Sunday termed the ball-tampering scandal through Australian players as a "big wake-up call" for cricketers around the globe, including that everybody should now know where to attract the line.
Australian captain Steve Smith and vice-captain David Warner have been slapped with a one-year world ban, whilst opener Cameron Bancroft used to be suspended for 9 months as Cricket Australia (CA) cracked the whip at the errant trio for their role within the ball-tampering scandal all the way through the 3rd Test in Cape Town.
"I feel there was a lot of media and a lot of communicate over what has came about in the previous couple of days. It's more than likely taken up an excessive amount of of everybody's time.
"I will be able to't upload to that an excessive amount of however I feel it's just been a wake up call for everybody in world cricket. We wish to take care of this game and ensure we play in the proper spirit and the proper way," Kallis told newshounds at the sidelines of Kolkata Knight Riders' (KKR) jersey release at the team lodge right here.
Kallis is the pinnacle trainer of the two-time champions and used to be present at the instance along with 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 among others.
"It's just made players everywhere in the international conscious that it's important to be careful of what you do. So like I stated it'll be a large wake 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 stress is always on taking part in exhausting however in a good manner.
"What I can be urgent upon my players is that we play the game exhausting however we play truthful. It's just about how I want to see KKR play and that's how we've got been taking part in previously," he stated.
KKR tackle Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) on April 8 at the Eden Gardens to start their IPL marketing campaign.
Australian captain Steve Smith and vice-captain David Warner have been slapped with a one-year world ban, whilst opener Cameron Bancroft used to be suspended for 9 months as Cricket Australia (CA) cracked the whip at the errant trio for their role within the ball-tampering scandal all the way through the 3rd Test in Cape Town.
"I feel there was a lot of media and a lot of communicate over what has came about in the previous couple of days. It's more than likely taken up an excessive amount of of everybody's time.
"I will be able to't upload to that an excessive amount of however I feel it's just been a wake up call for everybody in world cricket. We wish to take care of this game and ensure we play in the proper spirit and the proper way," Kallis told newshounds at the sidelines of Kolkata Knight Riders' (KKR) jersey release at the team lodge right here.
Kallis is the pinnacle trainer of the two-time champions and used to be present at the instance along with 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 among others.
"It's just made players everywhere in the international conscious that it's important to be careful of what you do. So like I stated it'll be a large wake 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 stress is always on taking part in exhausting however in a good manner.
"What I can be urgent upon my players is that we play the game exhausting however we play truthful. It's just about how I want to see KKR play and that's how we've got been taking part in previously," he stated.
KKR tackle Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) on April 8 at the Eden Gardens to start their IPL marketing campaign.
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