The British Media has heavily criticised MS Dhoni for pressing charges against Anderson. Mahendra Singh Dhonis insistence to press charges against James Anderson came under attack from the British media on Saturday. The press said it smacked of opportunism and the exoneration of the was humiliation for India. The Judicial Commisioner Gordon Lewis found both Anderson and Ravindra Jadeja not guilty in an alleged pushing incident involving the two players after a marathon six-hour hearing. ... a finding that represents clear humiliation for India and their captain MS Dhoni, who initiated proceedings after a spat between the two at Trent Bridge, wrote the Daily Telegraph under headline, India humiliated as Englands James Anderson in clear. The paper went on to describe that Indias tactics were aimed at taking revenge on Anderson for past incidents. It is a chastening verdict for crickets leading power. Indias players have long thought Andersons boorish sledging to be unacceptable and their admission probably weakened their case here which smacked of opportunism to get the bowler for past misdemeanours. Dhonis persistence with the charge, after the two boards had instructed the players to sort it out, made it look like a personal crusade for which Duncan Fletcher, Indias coach, in a rare misjudgment, backed him, the Daily Telegraph wrote. You cannot hope to get a player banned (the intended outcome once India had lodged a level three complaint) for being annoying, that is a separate matter, and with no independent witnesses and no video evidence for the alleged spat in the Trent Bridge pavilion (which India claimed to have) Lewis clearly found there was no case to answer,
Posted on: Sun, 03 Aug 2014 04:51:55 +0000
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