IPL Controversy : Harbhajan & Munaf argue with umpire

IPL is never out of controversies.. and there was another controversy witnessed today evening with Mumbai Indians captain Harbhajan Singh and bowler Munaf Patel argued with umpire and made him overturn his decision..

The incident happened when Deccan Chargers captain Kumar Sangakkara got an inside edge of Munaf Patel's delivery onto his stumps and deflecting again onto the stumps from the keeper Dinesh Karthik's pad. The square leg umpire JD Cloete of South Africa declared it as not out since he thought that the stumps were disturbed off the keeper's pads. But, the big screen showed the truth leading to Harbhajan Singh and Munaf the bowler arguing for a long time making umpire Cloete to refer to the third umpire.

 

Munaf Patel arguing with umpires to refer Sangakkara's dismissal to the third umpire

Pic courtesy: NOAH SEELAM/AFP/Getty Images

According to me, this is truly against the spirit of cricket.. Umpires are bound to make mistakes and even though that was a mistake from the umpire to start with by not referring, the players are not allowed to argue and threaten the umpire to refer. I didn't expect this from veteren international cricketers like Bhaji n Munaf.   Am sure the match referee will have something to say today..

I don't think Mumbai Indians will get any points today for the IPL Spirit of cricket award..

Definitely rooting for Deccan Chargers in this match after what happened.. Go Chargers go!!!

Updates: Mumbai Indians won courtesy to a brilliant batting and final over heroics by Rohit Sharma though Steyn bowled his heart out...
Also, Mumbai Indians fast bowler Munaf Patel was fined 25 percent of his match fee and received an official warning and reprimand for breaching the Indian Premier League (IPL) Code of Conduct during his team's match against Deccan Chargers on Monday night.
Mumbai Indians captain Harbhajan Singh also received an official warning and reprimand for breaching the Code of Conduct during the same match.
Both players admitted the Level 1 offence (Article 2.1.3) of showing dissent at an Umpires decision and accepted their respective sanctions.

Unseen Pictures of Presdient Pratibha Patil's Tea Party at Raj Bhavan with Indian cricketers...

Our president Pratibha Patil hosted a Tea party at Raj Bhavan in Mumbai the day after India won the World Cup beating Sri Lanka to lift the ICC World Cup 2011 trophy.
Our Indian players had an amazing time meeting the president and having an awesome food too :)
It was also attended by the top  BCCI bosses and some strong businessmen like Mukesh Ambani...

Presenting some seen and some unseen pictures taken during the Tea party that president Pratibha Patil hosted at Raj Bhavan in Mumbai...

 

President Pratibha Patil posing for a photo with the World Cup winning Indian team and the World Cup Trophy

 

Indian President Prathiba Patil welcomes Indian Captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni

 

President Pratibha Patil shooks hands with Sachin Tendulkar at the tea party in Raj Bhavan as the other Indian players wait for their turn

 

One for the camera... President Pratibha Patil welcoming Sachin Tendulkar at Raj Bhavan

 

"My husband is the most important person in India now... how nice it feels...", thinks Dhoni's wife Sakshi as she takes support of Dhoni's shoulders :)

 

Indian captain Dhoni and Little Master Sachin at President's Tea Party

 

Sachin Tendulkar arriving at the President's Tea party with wife Anjali Tendulkar

 

The Indian players - Virat Kohli, Zaheer Khan and Yuvraj Singh relish the food at the President's tea party in Mumbai's Raj Bhavan

 

Captain Dhoni and wife Sakshi at the President's Tea Party

 

The young brigades - Virat Kohli and Gautam Gambhir at the party

 

Yuvraj Singh being greeted by Indian President Pratibha Patil at Raj Bhavan

 

Indian coach Gary Kirsten arriving with his wife to the Tea party hosted by the Indian President

 

Sakshi in some good company during the President's Tea Party at Raj Bhavan

Indian cricketers celebrate with World Cup Trophy in Pictures...

India has won the ICC World Cup 2011.... I'm sure each one of you would've read this news umpteen number of times.. but the feeling is quite overwhelming and its yet to sink in for quite a few of us..

Check out the World Cup celebrations in this set of collection in a series of pictures that I'm posting in my site celebrating India's World Cup win after 28 years...

 

Sachin Tendulkar celebrates with teammates Raina, Bhajji and Sreesanth as he holds the trophy after beating Sri Lanka in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011

 

Indian team celebrate with the World Cup after winning the 2011 ICC World Cup Finals against Sri Lanka

 

Zaheer Khan celebrates with the World Cup trophy as Piyush Chawla watches

 

Its Gautam Gambhir's turn now to hold on to the World Cup trophy with Sachin Tendulkar by his side... Gautam's innings of 97 in the finals was instrumental in India's victory

 

Harbhajan Singh, Sachin Tendulkar and Yuvraj Singh pose with the World Cup trophy in the players dressing room...

 

Virender Sehwag proudly displaying the World Cup trophy with son Aryavir by his side in the players locker room

 

The young rising stars of Indian cricket - Virat Kohli and Suresh Raina doing the lap of honor with the World Cup trophy in their hands

 

Just watch Sachin's gleam in his eyes and delight in his face as former captain and star Anil Kumble holds the World Cup in his eyes... simply amazing.. 

Seeing these pictures of the Indian players celebrating the ODI title triumph with the World Cup trophy gives you a clear picture as to how much it values to each one of them n to us too :D  gives quite a few goosebumps even now when I think of that feeling... yaay :)

World Cup 2011 - Winner's India Presentation in pictures

Winning the World Cup is always special and especially after a span of 28 years... and when Sachin Tendulkar is playing in his potentially last World Cup...

As I bring out a series of posts consisting of India's World Cup victory in pictures, this post is on the presentation ceremony... India being presented the World Cup Trophy!

 

The Indian cricket team celebrates the World Cup triumph

 

Indian cricketers celebrate with the trophy after beating Sri Lanka in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 final match at The Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on April 2, 2011

 

We are the champions - Indian players reaction with World Cup Trophy

 

Bhajji does a balle-balle supported by Yusuf Pathan, Ashish Nehra and the rest of the Indian team as they dance in joy after the World Cup triumph

 

Yuvraj Singh winning the "Man of the Series" trophy for his wonderful contribution with both bat and ball throughout the World Cup 2011 tournament

 

The Indian coach Gary Kirsten being lifted by Virat Kohli and Suresh Raina

 

Indian coach Gary Kirsten joins the celebration party as he is carried on shoulders by some of the players

 

India's Yuvraj Singh proudly displays his "Man of the Tournament" trophy

Photos courtesy:  Various internet sources...

Coming up is the series of pictures of Sachin Tendulkar celebrating the World Cup victory....

Winning Moments of India in World Cup 2011 - Pictures

India became the World champions in ODI cricket after beating Sri Lanka by 6 wickets in Mumbai's Wankhede Stadium on 2nd April, 2011. India had won cricket’s World Cup for the second time after the 1983 triump by Kapil Dev's Indian team in West Indies.

India skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni scored an unbeaten 91, sharing a 109-run stand with Gautam Gambhir (97) and finishing with a giant six. He was assisted at the other end by Yuvraj Singh, the Man of the tournament award winner...
Cricinfo site link to the World cup 2011 finals scorecard here....

Sachin Tendulkar won his first world cup after trying it six times.... and its a special one for Sachin and every Indian fan of his...

Here are some of the final winning moments of India... captured in pictures... which would be etched in many of our memories for years n years, till the next one :)

 

Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni hitting the winning six as rival Sri Lankan captain and wicketkeeper Kumar Sangakkara watches

 

Dhoni launches a trademark helicopter style six as Yuvraj celebrates India's world cup triumph

 

Yuvraj Singh lets out a winning roar after umpire signals the six runs that led to India's world cup victory... 

 

Yuvraj Singh roars in delight as Dhoni completes the winning runs with his trademark six

 

Indian captain Dhoni and Yuvraj Singh embrace and celebrate India's world cup victory, watched by Sri Lankan captain Sangakkara...

 

Man of the match Dhoni and Man of the tournament Yuvraj Singh embrace each other in delight after winning the World Cup for India

 

Sachin Tendulkar ran into the ground and hugged Dhoni after the winning six

 

Indian captain Dhoni being hugged, lifted and spolit in delight by Bhaji and Raina....

 

On the other end, an (rare) "emotional" Yuvraj Singh was being hugged and consoled by Suresh Raina after India's World Cup victory

 

Yuvraj Singh is emotional and in tears watched by Virat Kohli after India beat Sri Lanka in the World cup finals in Mumbai to become the World Champions

Photos courtesy:  Various internet sources...

These are now unforgettable images for any Indian fan and is a proud moment for all the Indians out there! :)

"India - The Number 1 in Tests and India - The World Champions in ODI cricket"

India - World Cup 2011 Champions - Wallpaper

Hurrayyyyy... We did it!
We are the World Champions... India won the World Cup for the second time after beating Sri Lanka in the finals held at Mumbai...

What a proud moment for all of us! Savoring all those lovely moments of victory and celebrations with a special World Cup victory wall paper...  I'm gonna take a copy of this picture and have it in my room! One to cherish throughout..... :)
Hope you all enjoy sharing this with all friends and family...

 

Cricket World Champions India - Winning moments and celebrations wallpaper

Three cheers to India, three cheers to Dhoni and three cheers to Sachin Tendulkar - our God.... this one is for you...

India vs Pakistan - Asia Cup winning moments...

As always, India vs Pakistan matches do live upto expectations... making the contest a pulsating one.... down to the last over...

This time at the Asia cup encounter, it was no less.. with Harbhajan Singh providing India with a well-deserved victory hitting a six of the penultimate ball...
There were a couple of tiffs in between too to add masala - one involving Gambhir and Kamran Akmal and the other with Bhaji and Shoaib Akhtar...

The winning moments captured in this video here... 
 

Here are a couple of winning moment pictures... Bhaji roaring like a lion after hitting the winning six...

Bhaji roaring after hitting the winning six against Pakistan

Bhaji celebrating India's victory over Pakistan

Dhoni & Team India - Number 1 Test Cricket Nation :)

Three cheers to our Indian Cricket Team.... Hip Hip Hurray.... We've got the rank of Number 1 Test cricketing nation today after defeating the Sri Lankan team 2-0 in the test series in India....

Dhoni & his Men In Blue pose for Team Photo after becoming World Number 1 Test team winning the Test series against Sri Lanka 2-0... Hail Dhoni... Hail Team India!!!!

Lots of positives to take away from this series...

• The batting of Indian top order - Gambhir, Sehwag, Dravid, Sachin, Laxman, Dhoni, Yuvraj and even Vijay in the last test.... all of them contributed..
• The bowling improved after the first test match... with the changes brought in by Dhoni in the test match worked well with Sreesanth and Ojha playing well.... Zaheer and Harbhajan were very good in the last test match too...
• According to Dhoni, even the fielding was better in this series...
• Also the coaching staffs - Gary Kirsten and Paddy Upton got a special mention from Sachin, Sehwag and Dhoni...
  

Two Important Turning points were:

• Definitely Virender Sehwag's swashbuckling innings of 293 runs in the third test match
• Sreesanth's 5 wicket haul in the second test match

One point to be noted is this time both the batsmen and bowlers contributed to the victory. We got our 100th Test victory in the second match and with the victory in the third test match against Sri Lanka, we also got the #1 rank in Test Cricket.