Won't tone down sledging: MS Dhoni

Mahendra Singh Dhoni

Indian Cricket team Captain, Mahendra Singh Dhoni has said that his team won’t tone down sledging ahead of the third Test match starting on Boxing Day.

Dhoni said that sledging had nothing to do with India's loss in the first two Test matches in the series and said he saw nothing wrong with it.

India were doing well till Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma began sledging Mitchell Johnson in Brisbane during his innings of 88 runs off 93 balls with 13 fours and one six. A fired-up Johnson shared a ground record 148 runs partnership with Steve Smith for the seventh wicket to turn around Australia's first innings.

Johnson followed up his brilliant performance with the bat with a dynamic spell of fast bowling capturing three wickets for a mere 10 runs in the space of 11 balls to send the Indian top order back to the pavillion in the second innings to set Australia up for victory.

India must win Friday's third Test in Melbourne to keep alive the four-match series to the final Test in Sydney in the New Year.

Dhoni said that unless his guidelines are followed, sledging doesn’t bother him. He said, "I feel a bit of chirping is good on the field.

"That's what makes cricket interesting, if the guidelines are followed, I'm not really bothered.

"The chirping has nothing to do with our performance."