Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni is coping a one-match ban for his bowlers' sluggish over-rate in the lost third Test, but his opposite number Michael Clarke's all-pace attack was a good four overs ahead of the required rate.
Published: Jan 17, 2012, 10:27 AM (IST)
Edited: Jan 17, 2012, 10:27 AM (IST)
Skipper MS Dhoni was banned from the fourth Test by the ICC due to India’s poor over-rate in the third Test at Perth © Getty Images
Perth: Jan 17, 2012
Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni is coping a one-match ban for his bowlers’ sluggish over-rate in the lost third Test, but his opposite number Michael Clarke’s all-pace attack was a good four overs ahead of the required rate.
Both the teams went in with four-pronged pace attacks in the match that Australia won in just three days. But while Dhoni’s team could not complete its quota of overs in time resulting in a ban on Dhoni, Clarke’s men were not just quick in finishing off the match but also their overs.
The Australian attack of Peter Siddle, Ben Hilfenhaus, Ryan Harris and Mitchell Starc combined for a dominating show by Australia.
Captains were warned about penalties for slow over rates before the series and before the third Test, for which India dropped spinner Ravichandran Ashwin for seamer Vinay Kumar, The Age reported. (PTI)
