Inzamam was ruled out obstructing the field after he stopped a fielder's throw with the bat while attempting to get back to his crease in the series opener on Monday.

The home captain, who became only the third person to be given out in this rare manner in ODIs, said he never imagined that the Indian squad led by Rahul Dravid would resort to "such a thing" and warned that the appeal made in "an unsportsmanlike manner" can lead to bad blood between the two teams.

Inzamam also made a veiled reference to Indian coach Greg Chappell instructing his younger brother Trevor to bowl underarm in a one-day international to prevent New Zealand from scoring a boundary off the last ball for victory in the early 1980s.

"In my role as the Pakistan captain I would say that the appeal from the Indian fielders was against the spirit of cricket. Certainly, there are several modes in which a batsman can be declared out, but many of them are not in the spirit of the game," Inzamam wrote in his column in 'The News'.