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Ranchi, Oct 26: Indian cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni on Thursday said his team would continue to play with aggression even as Australia dared the Men in Blue to sustain the fire when they tour Down Under.

"Every one knows about his role and responsibility. And if we can play aggressive cricket... if any player can play aggressive cricket... we should play that way," the dashing cricketer told a press conference when asked about India's on-field aggression that recently raised a few eye brows.

Australian captain Ricky Ponting recently said it would be interesting to see if India could sustain the aggression which it showed in the just-concluded seven-match series.

"Questions do arise, and play goes on," Dhoni quipped to another query on Sreesanth's aggression -- an issue that had prompted Australia's former fast bowler Glenn McGrath to say that Sreesanth needed to back up his aggression with performance.

"In cricket also we have guidelines and so long one plays within the frame work, it is okay," he said.

Ducking a question on Andrew Symond's racial charges, the wicketkeeper-batsman welcomed the much-needed 12/13 days breather before India take on the mighty Pakistan in the five one-day series.

"We have enough time before the tough series against Pakistan. We have played cricket for over five months, perhaps the busiest cricketing schedule in Indian cricket.

"It is important to relax, regenerate energy and charge our batteries before the important series ahead," he said.

He, however, quickly sidestepped a query whether India were playing too much cricket, saying "I did not say that."