The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has warned Shantha Sreesanth over his behaviour during the one-day series with Australia that continues in Hyderbad on Friday.

During Tuesday's 84-run defeat in the second match in Kochi, Sreesanth had an altercation with batsman Andrew Symonds after the Indian medium pacer appealed for a run-out against the Aussie when the ball had been declared dead by the umpire.

That prompted Australian stand-in skipper Adam Gilchrist to declare that his team would no longer tolerate Sreesanth's behaviour.

And now the BCCI has told India team manager Lalchand Rajput to rein in the mercurial bowler.

"It is getting a bit too much. He can't do it any further. He has to be controlled," BCCI secretary Niranjan Shah told DNA, a Mumbai-based newspaper.

Following the media backlash over his antics, Sreesanth has admitted he is attempting to change his ways.

"I know my antics are a hot topic," Sreesanth was quoted as saying in DNA. "I know I have to change for good and I am trying to do that.

"I have been playing like this since my childhood because I enjoy my game like this. People say a lot about my antics, but I can't change them only for the sake of changing. I have to change it for the better."

The Australians are aiming to maintain the momentum in the third game of the seven-match series at Hyderabad's Rajiv Gandhi Stadium on Friday.

The Australian team will be announced on Friday morning before the game starts at 9am (1330 AEST) with captain Ricky Ponting to return from injury and Nathan Bracken a strong chance of being selected.

"Momentum is a wonderful thing in any sport and if you have the momentum going for you it is really important to capitalise and not take little things for granted," Ponting said.

"The last thing you want do when you have momentum going your way is blow yourselves out of the water.

"Hopefully we are able to put another good performance on board."

Australia leads the series 1-0 after the opening match in Bangalore was washed out.

Ponting said the medical staff had been careful to make sure his hamstring had fully recovered after straining it during last month's Twenty20 world championships.

"I have actually felt I was probably right to play the first game in Bangalore and had that one off and certainly felt I was right to play the second game," he said.

"But I totally understand why I have not played the last two games. The medicos wanted to be completely certain."

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