Gambhir banned for one Test
Saturday, 1 November 2008
NEW DELHI, Oct 31 (AP): Indian opener Gautam Gambhir was banned for one Test Friday for elbowing Australian bowler Shane Watson during the first day of the third Test.
Gambhir, who pleaded guilty to the Level 2 offence, will miss the final Test of the series against Australia in Nagpur from Thursday, barring a successful appeal.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India secretary N Srinivasan confirmed there would be an appeal.
Match referee Chris Broad told Gambhir of the decision before the third day's play, having considered the evidence overnight after Thursday's hearing on the charge of not conducting play "within the spirit of the game as well as within the laws of cricket."
In-form Gambhir, who scored 206 in India's 613-7 declared, following a century in the second test, had a series of verbal clashes with Watson during the middle session on day one.
They had an argument in the 51st over of the first innings when Gambhir took his first run and then caught Watson in the chest with his left elbow as he ran the second.
Gambhir, who pleaded guilty to the Level 2 offence, will miss the final Test of the series against Australia in Nagpur from Thursday, barring a successful appeal.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India secretary N Srinivasan confirmed there would be an appeal.
Match referee Chris Broad told Gambhir of the decision before the third day's play, having considered the evidence overnight after Thursday's hearing on the charge of not conducting play "within the spirit of the game as well as within the laws of cricket."
In-form Gambhir, who scored 206 in India's 613-7 declared, following a century in the second test, had a series of verbal clashes with Watson during the middle session on day one.
They had an argument in the 51st over of the first innings when Gambhir took his first run and then caught Watson in the chest with his left elbow as he ran the second.