However, Australia's high commissioner for India Peter Varghese made it clear that the government has nothing to do with individual players taking up private contracts.
Taking serious view of Shiv Sena's threat to Australian cricketers not to participate in the lucrative Indian Premier League (IPL), Australia has said it will carry out a thorough "analysis of security" situation, and advise its cricket board accordingly.
However, Australian high commissioner to India Peter Varghese made it clear that the government has nothing to do with individual players taking up private contracts.
"In the course of time, we will do our analysis of the security situation, and we will share that with the board, Cricket Australia. We will take into account any threat that has been made, and what the reliability or likelihood of those threats are," Varghese told PTI.
Shiv Sena has warned Australian cricketers not to participate in the multi-billion dollar IPL tournament until attacks on Indians stop in Australia.
"It is not a very welcoming thing to say.... We keep a very close contact with Cricket Australia, which in turn are in very close contact with individual Australian cricketers who play in the IPL," Varghese said.
Close to 40 Australian players are expected to take part in this year's IPL, scheduled in March-April.
Top Australian players including Ricky Ponting, Andrew Symonds, Brett Lee, Mike Hussey and Shane Watson, are some of the star cricketers who are part of various IPL teams.
However, it would be up to individual players to take a final decision on whether to participate in the IPL or not, Varghese said.
"It will be part and parcel of our normal dialogue with Cricket Australia on the security environment. But in the end, we do not make a decision about whether an individual Australian cricketer will play in the IPL or not," he said.
Ponting, who is contracted with Kolkata Knight Riders, has already made it clear that the players would demand safety assurances before leaving for India.
Australian foreign affairs minister Stephen Smith had also said that the government was taking the threat very seriously, but left it to players and Cricket Australia to decide whether they wanted to go to India.
This is not the first time that Shiv Sena has come out against Australian players. Last year too, it had called for removal of Australian players from IPL teams as a mark of protest against the attacks.
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