The Great Game Called Cricket...

It was bad start for india y'day, Shewag was out for just 4 runs and Gambhir too
Fell cheaply for a run out. Tendulkar managed to get 43 but was not enough.
Yuvi was replaced by Virat Kholi he made a decent score of 53 before he was trapped
Leg before, then the skipper was joined by raina. They both boosting the run rate
Dhoni had 3 lifes y'day before he reached his half century all three were left by
The Lankan sikpper Kumar Sangakara, then he batted excellently and scored his 6th
ODI 100, Raina who backed his skipper scored a useful knock of 68, Which led India
To 301-7 in 50 overs. India reached 100 only in its 22nd over but the lankans did
that in their 13th over itself, which means the indians bowling was not up to the
mark. And especially indian feilding was very sloppy. they concided extra runs
very easily, Thanks to Dilshan for is 2nd consicutive Ton in this series and and
Against india. Dhoni has been banned for the next two ODI's for slow over-rate
Which means that he will be missing the next two ODI's in the series.


MS Dhoni, the Indian captain, has been banned for two ODIs because India maintained a slow over-rate during the second match against Sri Lanka in Nagpur. The ban is effective immediately, which means Dhoni will be unavailable for the games in Cuttack and Kolkata, returning only for the final ODI in Delhi.

Dhoni had been informed of the ban verbally, BCCI vice president Rajiv Shukla confirmed, and the board was awaiting written notice from the ICC.

"We have received information that the match referee has put a two-ODI ban on Dhoni for slow over-rate," Ratnakar Shetty, BCCI's chief administrative officer, said. "We are waiting for a formal communication on this. We will look into details and then make further comments."

The second ODI ended about 45 minutes after the scheduled finish time because of frequent discussions between the Indian players during the closing stages of Sri Lanka's chase. The visitors won the game by three wickets to level the five-match series 1-1. The decision to ban Dhoni was taken by match referee Jeff Crowe.

Sri Lanka were penalised for their slow over-rate during the second Twenty20 international against India in Mohali after falling two overs short of their target. The captain Kumar Sangakkara was fined 40% of his match fee while the rest of the team was docked 20% each. Crowe said Sangakkara just escaped a much bigger penalty.