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And a fair call. India took 4 hours and 3 minutes to complete their overs. Even factoring for the injury breaks,ball change and drinks breaks, India were atleast 25 minutes behind schedule.
Per the ICC CODE OF CONDUCT FOR PLAYERS AND PLAYER SUPPORT PERSONNEL, a captain guilty of a Serious Over Rate Offence is sanctioned "The imposition of two (2) Suspension Points."
Per the ICC
Suspension Points. The weighting points used to determine the period of suspension imposed against any Player or Player Support Personnel pursuant to Article 7 of the Code of Conduct.
and
where the actual over rate in any Test Match or any other International Match of at least four days in duration is more than five overs short of the Minimum Over Rate, or, in any One Day International Match, Twenty20 International Match or any other International Match of fifty (50) or twenty (20) overs per side, is more than two overs short of the Minimum Over Rate, such an offence shall be considered a ‘Serious Over Rate Offence’.
As India was clearly on the wrong side of that particular line, Dhoni's suspension is warranted.
MS Dhoni banned for two ODIs
A Christmas ban.
It may not be a test series, but the discerning MSD doesn’t care much for playing the Lankans. 3 tests, 2 T20s and 2 ODIs too many, what about decorating my bikes with mistletoes – and anyway, always better to end the year on a high with a hundred, than lose a series to the Lankans.
A shrewd plan indeed. Let’s talk, mid pitch, mid way through the bowler’s run-up, by the way, off the cuff, just talk – it takes time to talk. The more time it takes, the longer the game goes on, the longer the game goes, the stronger the chances of a ban.
Of course, a 3 ODI ban will be ideal, but 2 will do too. Back for the Delhi game, where if we’re bowling second, we’ll bowl by example – bowl our overs or the Lankans well within time. No more talking, that’s for Aircel mobile ads.
But are the Aircel ads worth talking about?
