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Rohit Sharma fined for showing dissent

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Posted online: Tuesday , February 05, 2008 at 1726 hrs IST

Brisbane, February 5:: India's middle order batsman Rohit Sharma was fined 10 per cent of his match fees for showing dissent on being given out in the abandoned second tri-series cricket ODI against Sri Lanka in Brisbane on Tuesday.

Match referee Jeff Crowe found Sharma guilty under ICC Code of Conduct 1.3 rule which refers to dissent by a player on a decision given by umpire on the field.

Crowe stated that since it was the first offence from the young Indian batsmen, he was being fined only 10 per cent of his match, or around Rs 15,000.

Crowe also said that captain of all the three teams were told before the series about the transgressions of the field which could result in punishment.

Sharma lingered on his crease after being ruled out by umpire Rudi Koertzen, caught behind off Muthiah Muralitharan, as he believed he hadnt touched the delivery from the

off-spinner.

The television replays suggested that Sharma was right in his assessment as the ball didnt touch the bat and interestingly, bowler Muralitharan also never quite appealed.

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here we go again
by waxer on 2008-02-06 16:11:33.766695+05:30
I suppose the Indian cricket team will force the sacking of yet another umpire and charter a plane- oh, hang on- it was against another asian country, oh, thats ok then. Bloody racists!
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rohit sharma issue
by Sonali Ghadyalpatil on 2008-02-06 14:43:48.944901+05:30
Now that the TV replays have clearly shown that Rohit Sharma was right in his assessment that hte ball did not touch his bat at all, how right is it to fine him. a batsman is always sure whether the bat has touched the ball or not which naturally means that he should get a binefit of doubt. And in this particular case even the bowler know that the ball that passed by the batsman and and did not appeal convincingly. ICC needs to decide whether they rely completely on human judgemnt or take help of technology available to them a click away. Unpleasant incidents in the recent past have shown that human assessment has gone wrong on many occasions and therefore no egos should be harboured against using avaible software for better results. .
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not fair
by siva on 2008-02-06 13:07:42.760479+05:30
unfair to punish just the batsmen, when umpires makes mistake, they are equally responsible, had it been the decision post the replays, then the batsmen has a point and could be exempted as there was valid reason for his dissent.
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Quick call the BCCI
by francis on 2008-02-06 09:29:51.748201+05:30
Damn right you are, if it was a non asian player it would'nt matter since the player was only expressing his disappointment in getting out. By the way, the whole world knows how nicely Aussies take umpire's decision gracefully!!! LOL
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No surprise here...
by withheld on 2008-02-06 08:33:04.828704+05:30
When will the indians learn the rules of this game ? The umpire is at fault ? "Does n't matter mate", the rules are rules. It applies to every Indian no matter what his 'crime' is. Remember, this is a gentleman's game.
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Indians will learn
by Amit Verma on 2008-02-06 08:46:24.441308+05:30
Indians will learn the rules of game (in fact they are learning it quite fast) like aussies did it already..
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