Monday, February 25, 2008

Dhoni forced to change gloves

India's Mahendra Singh Dhoni has agreed to wear smaller wicketkeeping gloves after the pair he wore during the Commonwealth Bank Series clash against Australia on Sunday violated the ICC Code of Conduct.honi, the captain of India's one-day side, donned a pair of gloves at the start of Australia's innings which had extra webbing between the thumb and forefinger, a breach of law 40.2 of the code.eff Crowe of the ICC Elite Panel of Match Referees said: "After I raised my concern in the India dressing room, Dhoni immediately changed his gloves on the advice of the India team management which was a reasonable thing to do."These gloves were then inspected after the match by the third umpire, myself and later by the two on-field umpires. The three umpires ruled that the gloves were in breach of Laws of Cricket.

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