David Warner is not in the Kangaroos’
squad for their third game in the tri series against England, but, that has
nothing to do with his on-field behaviour against India at Melbourne. The
official word from the Australian camp is that the left hander has just been
rested due to the hectic schedule in the rest of the summer. Warner was slammed
by the critics for the way he had talked to the Indian opening batsman Rohit
Sharma during India’s innings at MCG.
The incident took place when
Rohit pushed a length ball towards cover point and tried to go for a single.
But, seeing Warner getting to the ball quickly, he returned back to his crease.
However, Warner still threw the ball and it ricocheted off Rohit’s pads to short
fine leg and taking advantage of that, the two Indian batsmen changed ends.
Warner did not like that at
all. He was of the view that morally Rohit should not have taken that run as
the ball had ricocheted off one of his cricketing gears. If he had been out of
the way of that throw, it would have gone straight to the wicketkeeper Brad
Haddin. Warner was absolutely correct on his stand there, but, it’s his way of
talking which caused his criticism. He animatedly went to Rohit and seemed to
be saying some harsh words to him in anger. It was a bit ugly, whatever was
happening and the umpires finally stepped in to separate the two.
Warner has breached ICC code
of conduct quite a few times in the recent seasons and the critics believe that
some serious action needs to be taken against him otherwise there comes a day
when he would cross his line on the ground. The Cricket Australia officials are
also said to have taken it on board, but, they have clarified that Warner’s
exclusion from the team is only to keep him fresh for the World Cup and not for
disciplinary reasons.
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