‘Lack of respect shown for the spirit of cricket’ says former Umpire for Ms Dhoni for incident in qualifier 1.

During the second innings of the qualifier 1 of IPL 2023 , a disagreement occurred between Ms Dhoni and the umpires prior to the 16th over. Matheesha Pathirana, the seamer from CSK, had temporarily left the field and upon his return, he was not immediately allowed to resume bowling. According to the regulations, if a player has been off the field for more than eight minutes, they must spend an equal amount of time on the field before being permitted to bowl.

Dhoni, however, expressed his desire to bring Pathirana back into the attack after only five minutes had passed since his return. This led to an argument between Dhoni and the on-field umpires, as it appeared that Dhoni was attempting to manipulate the time. In the aftermath of the incident, Daryl Harper criticized Dhoni for demonstrating a lack of respect towards the Spirit of the Game and the on-field umpires.

Harper Said “Of course MS Dhoni wasted time to allow his preferred bowling option to deliver the vital sixteenth over. That’s the only conclusion that I can draw from that disappointing spectacle. The issue for me is the lack of respect shown for the Spirit of cricket and for the directions of the umpires. There were other options for the captain but they were ignored,