 India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni has been banned for two one-day internationals over his team's slow over-rate during the second match against Sri Lanka, a top official said on Saturday.
“ICC match referee Jeff Crowe has imposed an immediate two-match suspension on Dhoni for slow over-rate after conducting a hearing last night,” Indian cricket board secretary N. Srinivasan said in a statement.
“The Indian players have been penalised 40 percent of their match fees.” Opener Virender Sehwag will lead India in the next two one-dayers of the five-match series, currently tied 1-1.Sri Lanka levelled the series on Friday with a three-wicket victory in Nagpur. The remaining matches will be played at Cuttack (Monday), Kolkata (Thursday) and Delhi (Sunday).
Selectors named wicket-keeper Dinesh Karthik as Dhoni's replacement for the next two matches.
India squad for third and fourth one-dayers:
Virender Sehwag (capt), Gautam Gambhir, Sachin Tendulkar, Yuvraj Singh, Suresh Raina, Dinesh Karthik, Virat Kohli, Ravindra Jadeja, Ishant Sharma, Zaheer Khan, Harbhajan Singh, Praveen Kumar, Ashish Nehra, Sudeep Tyagi, Pragyan Ojha.
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