ICC Chief Match Referee Ranjan Madugalle has requested rival captains Anil Kumble and Ricky Ponting to be present for a "cool-off" session at Perth on Monday, two days before the third Test begins at the WACA.
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It is learnt that Kumble and his Australian counterpart Ponting have been asked if they could meet in Perth in order to build bridges over the fractured relationship between the two sides.
Kumble had set a conciliatory tone when he had declared on arrival here that he would have no problem in meeting with Ponting at the initiative of Madugalle.
Ponting too has softened his approach by declaring in a local newspaper that he would ask his team-mates to assemble in Perth and review a "few things they had done during the Sydney Test."
Ponting had also mentioned that he was not happy with his own conduct when he stayed put at the crease in the first innings after being given out.
Madugalle has been sent by the ICC with the purpose of getting the two warring captains together and help Match Referee Mike Procter in the discharge of his duties.
By all accounts, the next three days in Perth in lead up to the Test are going to be pretty hectic.
Not only Madugalle would get the two captains together, the hearing of charge levelled against Australian spinner Brad Hogg by the Indian team is also scheduled in front of Procter.
Ponting has called for a meeting of his teammates and Kumble too has announced he would let know fellow India players about the line they should not overstep during the Perth Test.
The newspapers here though are convinced that the relationships between the two sides can no longer be smooth.
