India and Australia are bitter rivals but captain Michael Clarke said on Saturday that players of both teams have always shared a close bond off the cricketing field.

MS Dhoni reckons England might need to change their strategy of verbal intimidation considering it has not actually worked in their favour in the ongoing series in which India have taken an unassailable 3-0 lead. On the eve of the Mohali one-dayer the England pair of Tim Bresnan and Samit Patel had stressed on the importance of unsettling their opponents with "a little bit of a word or a look or a stare."