CHENNAI: Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s uncharacteristic outburst against acontroversial umpiring decision led to the Chennai Super Kings captainbeing fined 50 per cent of his match fee in Thursday night’s Indian PremierLeague (IPL) match in Jaipur.
Hailed as ‘Captain Cool’ during his trophy-laden years as India skipper, anunusually fired-up Dhoni stepped onto the field to remonstrate with umpireover a contentious no-ball call in a dramatic final over against RajasthanRoyals.
“MS Dhoni, the Chennai Super Kings captain, was fined 50 per cent of hismatch fees for breaching the Indian Premier League’s Code of Conduct duringhis team’s match against Rajasthan Royals at Jaipur,” the league said in astatement.
Confusion reigned in the last over after umpire Ulhas Gandhe signalled BenStokes’ waist-high delivery a no ball but the decision was overruled bysquare-leg umpire Bruce Oxenford, prompting Dhoni to enter the field andconfront the umpires.
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The no ball was eventually deemed a legal delivery but Chennai, needingfour runs off the last ball, managed to win with a last-ball six fromMitchell Santner.
“MS was after some clarity and it didn’t seem to be coming so he took theopportunity to go out and discuss it with the umpires. The rights andwrongs will be discussed by everybody,” Chennai head coach Stephen Flemingtold reporters.
