India skipper Dhoni suspended for Adelaide test

[Saifullah Sani]

PERTH: India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni has been suspended for the fourth and final test against Australia because of slow bowling, the International Cricket Council (ICC) said on Sunday.

The one-match ban completed a miserable day for Dhoni, who was dismissed for two runs as India crumbled to an innings and 37-run defeat at the WACA to go 3-0 down in the four-match series.

“The India team has been fined for maintaining a slow over-rate during the third test against Australia in Perth …and as this is the second offence within 12 months India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni has been suspended for the next test match in line with the ICC Code of Conduct,” said an ICC news release.

India were two overs shy of the minimum rate required, the release said. The first offence was committed in the second test against the West Indies in Barbados in July.

Vice captain Virender Sehwag is likely to step up to replace Dhoni as skipper in Adelaide, where the fourth test takes place next week, with Wriddhiman Saha likely to stand in as wicketkeeper
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[Indian Army]

Take Ashwin back to the playing eleven,,, he was the second highest run scorer in the current squad before 3rd test!!!

 

[The enlightened]

Better,
BCCI should ban him till he gives up his defensive attitude.
His test record is pathetic anyway.

 

[Awesome]

Sehwag's turn to shine. Already there is a tussle between Sehwag and Dhoni. If Sehwag outperforms Dhoni in this match as a captain, Dhoni would be out!

Bad time for Dhoni to lose his captaincy for a match.

 

[Gandhi G in da house]

Sehwag's turn to shine. Already there is a tussle between Sehwag and Dhoni. If Sehwag outperforms Dhoni in this match as a captain, Dhoni would be out!

Bad time for Dhoni to lose his captaincy for a match.

dhoni must be thanking his stars actually after the first 3 tests.

 

[rama]

just a side effect of playing too much cricket and INDIAN PHALTU LEAGUE

 

[Jango]

What the fack is going on with Indian Team???

 

[fd24]

Sehwag's turn to shine. Already there is a tussle between Sehwag and Dhoni. If Sehwag outperforms Dhoni in this match as a captain, Dhoni would be out!

Bad time for Dhoni to lose his captaincy for a match.

Asim - come on yaar. TBH i dont like to say this about a great servant to the game but Serwag, Laxman and Dhoni dont look up to the task.Their mind seems to be elsewhere. Serwag looks rotund and as Nick says Dhoni is probably thanking his lucky stars. Cant believe they dropped Ashwin - one of the better BATTERS. He has to play in the next game

 

[Rafi]

The indian team is just too old, your reactions naturally get slower - it seems like politics in the BCCI are not allowing youngsters to come through.

 

[janon]

Asim - come on yaar. TBH i dont like to say this about a great servant to the game but Serwag, Laxman and Dhoni dont look up to the task.Their mind seems to be elsewhere. Serwag looks rotund and as Nick says Dhoni is probably thanking his lucky stars. Cant believe they dropped Ashwin - one of the better BATTERS. He has to play in the next game

Well if you look at all the test matches India has won over the past couple of years, it has always been due to Sehwag. Nobody else has played matchwinning innings like he has. It was always his fast hundreds or hundred run opening partnerships that have set a platform for India. Frankly, I can't remember a match where Sehwag underperformed and India won. So I would go easy on him at this point. But the other seniors have to be phased out. Laxman, dravid, dhoni have some serious justifications to make if they expect to be part of the side.

It is true that their minds seem to be elsewhere. Perhaps a result of too much other forms of cricket - IPL, BPL and what not. Sachin hasn't played an international ODI for close to a year, but has been playing for IPL. We should take a leaf out of australia's book - only retired cricketers play in these series.

 

[Peaceful Civilian]

India need Young Blood in test cricket. Otherwise Slow bowling Run rate will become daily issue due to pathetic ,weak , old and fragile Players.

 

[Saifullah Sani]

Mother-of-Indian-Cricket to MS Dhoni...

 

[Saifullah Sani]

 

[Super Falcon]

i smeeel somrthing is happening inside indian team