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Australian captain Ricky Ponting says the latest racial abuse of Andrew Symonds by Indian fans is embarrassing for members of the cricket-crazed country.
Spectators were kicked out of Wankhede Stadium for making monkey noises and impersonations towards Symonds during his one-ball innings in yesterday's dead rubber in Mumbai.
The allrounder received an extremely hostile reception, being taunted and booed by the crowd to and from the crease in the day-night match.
Ponting said the behaviour of the fans wasn't acceptable.
"Some of the other stuff that went on today was totally unnecessary," said Ponting.
"Look, I just hope that that does not happen again in another cricket venue that I play in because it leaves a bad taste in everybody's mouth.
"I am sure there will be a lot of embarrassed people around this country as well to know that this stuff has happened again at one of their cricket venues.
"It is done now, hopefully in the Twenty20 match on Saturday it does not happen there."
An Australian photographer captured the second bout of racial taunts to be directed at Symonds by spectators in India after the problems first emerged in Vadodara last week.
Security officials at the ground met with Australian team officials and witnesses of the offensive behaviour to pinpoint the perpetrators in the crowd.
Mumbai fans have developed a reputation for hurling racist obscenities at visiting players and the ICC anti-racism code was flashed up on the big screen as Symonds walked out to bat.
He was named man of the series in the post-match awards ceremony but did not attend the subsequent press conference following today's dramas.
The poor behaviour has finally prompted the Indian cricket board (BCCI) into action after initially denying anything had occurred in Vadodara.
Symonds has become an unpopular figure in India during the current tour.
He criticised the Indian team for carrying on during their celebrations after last month's triumph at the Twenty20 world championships in South Africa.
He also became embroiled in a series of fiery exchanges with Shantha Sreesanth in the second game in Cochin and pasted the Indian bowlers during the series, scoring 365 runs at 73 at more than a run a ball.
A joint statement was released by BCCI president Sharad Pawar and Cricket Australia chairman Creagh O'Connor following today's events.
"There is no place for racism in cricket, either on or off the field," the statement read.
The pair said racism was a global problem and not confined to specific nations.
"Cricket crowds in all cricket nations are often noisy and boisterous, which is part of the fun of cricket," they said in the statement.
"But all cricket nations have to be on guard to ensure that the fun does not cross the boundary into unacceptable behaviour.
"If it does, it is our expectation that the specifics of the ICC anti-racism code be enforced without fear or favour.
"Player of all countries have a right to expect they will be treated with respect where ever they play in the world."
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Meanwhile, Murali Kartik's all-round exploits helped India beat Australia by two wickets in the Mumbai ODI, the seventh and final one-day cricket international of the current series.
The left-arm spinner spun a web with his first five-wicket haul in one-dayers to bowl out the world champions for 193 in 41.3 overs after the visitors, who had already won the series, opted to bat in the day/night match.
The 31-year-old Kartik then scored 21 not out and shared an unbroken 52-run stand for the ninth wicket with Zaheer Khan (31 not out) to guide India home with four overs to spare.
Australia, despite their defeat, took the series 4-2 after the opening match was washed out.
Australia's tour of India concludes with Saturday's one-off Twenty20 clash at Mumbai's Brabourne Stadium.
- AAP
