PTI

Melbourne, Oct 21: The relentless heckling from Indian fans has disappointed Andrew Symonds but the Australian all-rounder has pleaded with the public here not to seek revenge by directing any "ugly chantings" towards the Indians during their tour Down Under later this year.
   
"Am I against crowd participation? Definitely not, but there is a message I would like to give the Australian public and supporters of our team.
   
"I don't want to see ugly chanting at the Indian players when they come to Australia later in the year," Symonds wrote in a column for the 'Daily Telegraph' on Sunday.
   
India will play four Tests, a triangular ODI series -- also involving Sri Lanka -- and a Twenty20 international against the hosts in an over-two-month tour of Australia starting end of December.
   
Symonds, who was reportedly subjected to another round of abuse during his side's seven-wicket loss to India in last night's Twenty20 match in Mumbai, said he was hoping that the focus would remain firmly on cricket when India come here.

"I'm looking forward to the summer in Australia, with both Sri Lanka and India coming. I just hope the focus can be on the cricket," he said.
   
Reflecting on the just-concluded ODI series in India, Symonds said though abusive chants from spectators "frustrated and disappointed" him but he was touched by several others, who called him to express regret over the incidents.