Dhoni suspended due to slow

 

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Brisbane, Australia, Feb 19, 2012 (AFP) - - Indian captain M.S. Dhoni was suspended for one match Sunday after his side's over rate was ruled to be too slow in their tri-series one-day international against Australia in Brisbane.
The Indians were two overs short of their target on Sunday, their second such offence within a year.
"As this was India's second minor over-rate offence after it was fined for a slow over-rate in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 final against Sri Lanka in Mumbai on 2 April, Dhoni has also been suspended from India's next game on Tuesday against Sri Lanka in Brisbane," the ICC said in a statement.
The slow over rate charge was laid by on-field umpires Steve Davis and Billy Bowden, as well as third umpire Bruce Oxenford and fourth umpire Paul Reiffel.
"Dhoni pleaded guilty to the charge and the subsequent penalties were accepted both by Dhoni and India," the ICC added.
Match referee Andy Pycroft also fined Dhoni 40 percent of his match fee while each of the Indian players received 20 percent fines.
Indian skipper MS Dhoni says the Indian youth have to start reflecting their talent after his side struggled to adapt to conditions in a resounding loss to Australia at the Gabba.

Australia's batting unit was superb as an allround unit, with the top-order working through tight early bowling and some early life in the deck, allowing Dan Christian and David Hussey to biff the side to a competitive 289.
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In response, the Indian blades, with the exception of Dhoni, were helpless to combat the lively seam bowling of Brett Lee (3-49) and Ben Hilfenhaus (5-33).
Dhoni offered resistance at number six, scoring 56, with Suresh Raina the next best with 28, and the Indian captain was clearly dissatisfied with the application from the top-order.
"When it comes to talent and ability we've got a lot in these youngsters, whether they're bowlers or batters," he said.
"But you have to reflect it and you need to score runs. You may take a bit of time to be consistent at the international level, but it's important when you're going through a tough phase to keep scoring runs."
"It doesn't really matter who is scoring as a batting unit if you're doing well and chasing down scores or putting a decent total on the board."
"I believe we need to be a bit extra careful, because the game has changed a bit with the second new ball."
"Maybe in India it wouldn't have a big effect, but in conditions like these you have to give it a bit more respect. I think we'll learn from this."

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Having slipped from the top of the Commonwealth Bank Series leaderboard and facing a match on Tuesday against a Sri Lankan team coming off a big win, Dhoni said there would be some decisions for the selectors to make.
The balance in the batting unit comes down to finding the right mix between the talented older guard accustomed to Australian conditions and the new breed, who have shown ability sporadically and need the experience.
"We have to see what the best XI is, because if you talk about the best XI being the players who have scored runs in the tournament then we may find it difficult, when you think of the number of games the senior guys have played," said Dhoni.
"It's about getting everyone going, everyone needs to contribute".
"Gautam (Gambhir) has done well and he needs to keep going because he's among the senior guys batting up the order. Virat (Kohli) has done well, Rohit (Sharma) is getting his chances and (Suresh) Raina also. We need to contribute as a unit and that should be the key."
"If you're not winning games you feel bad. You want to get these youngsters playing games, but we need to get into the finals first."

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