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India- vs Australia cricket test, Gambhir banned for one Test match
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by Sanjay Jha | October 30, 2008 at 09:49 pm
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India opener Gautam Gambhir on Friday was banned for one Test match after he was found guilty of elbowing Australia all-rounder Shane Watson during the ongoing third Test in Delhi. The incident happened on the first day of India's first innings, when he pushed his elbow into Watson's chest was accidental. Indians have sharply reacted to ICC referee's decision.
Indian batsman Gautam Gambhir has been banned for one Test match. Gambhir has been found guilty under Section 2.4 of (International Cricket Council's) ICC Moral Code of Conduct following a spat with Australian all-rounder Shane Watson on the first day of the third Test match against Australia in New Delhi. After considering the evidence, match referee Chris Broad found Watson guilty of verbally engaging with Gambhir in a manner that was not with the "spirit of the game" and fined the Australian under a Level 1 offence. Both players have been charged with violating the "spirit of the game" under the Code of Conduct.
Earlier Australian all-rounder Shane Watson was also found guilty and fined 10 per cent of his match fee for breaching the ICC Code of Conduct.
During a hearing in front of on-field umpires Billy Bowden and Aleem Dar, third umpire Suresh Shastri and fourth umpire Sameer Bandekar, Australia team coach Tim Nielsen and Australia team manager Steve Bernard, ICC match referee Chris Broad found Watson of breaching Level 1 of ICC Code of Conduct during his on-field altercation with Gambhir during the first innings of the on-going third cricket Test between India and Australia at the Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium here yesterday.
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at 10:12 on October 31st, 2008
The episode has shown yet again that Australians are bad losers and lack sportsmanship. They have succeeded in removing their current big threat ,Gambhir for the next game. It was clear to all who watched the game on TV that Shane Watson uttered profanely abuse words when Gambhir got out. It is important that Indians don't cow down before the has-beens. They will try to change the rules of the game if they can't win it. Beware. Remember that Indian money and audiences drive cricket these days. You are paying the money, so drive it.