ndia Captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni has been banned by match referee Jeff Crowe because of slow over rate by Indian team. They were bowled their last eight overs of the inning in more than one hour. India were three overs short, which comes under the "serious over-rate offense" category. Falling short by two overs in ODI or in a five day test match is considered as minor offence but falling short by three overs is considered as major offense and only because of this M.S.Dhoni ban will be immediately take effect. That means he will have to sit out of Cuttack and Kolkata ODI’s against Sri Lanka. The rest of the Indian players were fined 40% of their match fee for the offense.
If India repeats a serious over-rate offence in any form of the game within the next 12 months, Dhoni could earn himself a ban of two to eight ODIs or one to four Tests.
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