Dhoni fined over umpire row

JAIPUR: India great Mahendra Singh Dhoni was Friday docked 50 percent of his match fee for contesting an umpiring call after he controversially stormed onto the field during a tense Indian Premier League game.

Dhoni, the Chennai Super Kings skipper known as ‘Captain Cool’, snapped in the final over of Thursday’s match as umpiring standards again came into question at the Twenty20 tournament. Chennai beat Rajasthan Royals in a last-ball thriller but controversy erupted on the fourth ball of the final over when paceman Ben Stokes bowled a full toss to new batsman Mitchell Santner.

Indian umpire Ulhas Gandhe signalled a no-ball for height, only for his square-leg colleague Bruce Oxenford to overrule and Dhoni, who had been bowled by Stokes on the previous delivery, ran out of the dugout to argue with the officials. Opposition batsman Jos Buttler of England questioned Dhoni’s actions after his team lost the match by four wickets following Santner’s six off the last ball.