Indian captain guilty of breaching ICC's Code of Conduct
Mustafizur was also docked 50 per cent of his match fees
India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni was fined 75 per cent of his match fees for allegedly shoving young Bangladesh pacer Mustafizur Rahman during the first ODI of the three-match series, in Mirpur, on Friday.
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He was charged with a Level 2 offence under the ICC Code of Conduct on Thursday night for elbowing the debutant pacer while India cased an imposing 308-run target set by Bangladesh at the Sher-e-Bangla stadium.
The incident occured during India's chase when Mustafizur came in Dhoni's way while completing his follow through, as India captain was running for a single.
Replays showed Dhoni shoved him while trying to reach the crease.
Match referee Andy Pycroft summoned Team India manager Biswarup Dey to intimate him about the hearing.
According to reliable sources, a collective decision was taken by the team management that the skipper would not plead guilty in this case as he never tried to hurt the bowler intentionally.
Accordingly, the administrative manager filled the form in which India decided to contest the charge.
On Friday morning, at the team hotel, on field umpires Rod Tucker and Enamul Haque Moni were called by Pycroft after which the trio of Dhoni, Dey and Team India Director Ravi Shastri were also summoned.
It was learned that the team's defence was that Dhoni never raised his elbow and the officials said he just wanted to complete the run.
Their bone of contention was that, according to television replays, there was no gap between shoulder and armpit which justifies that he did not try to elbow the bowler.
However, it is believed that any sort of body contact can't be termed as a Level 1 offence and match referee Pycroft had to press Level 2 charges, which is a fine between 50 to 100 per cent of one's match fees or a two-match ban.
Once the Indian trio completed their hearing, Mustafizur was called along with team manager Khaled Mahmud Sujon.
Interestingly, Mustafizur had told Bengali daily Prathom Aalo that "I made a mistake coming in the way".
Mustafizur had earlier repeated the offence when Rohit Sharma was batting and hence was docked 50 per cent of his match fees.
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