Bishan Singh Bedi slams “kid gloving” treatment to MS Dhoni after umpiring outburst

MS Dhoni has been fined 50% of his match fees for the breach of Code of Conduct in the match against Rajasthan Royals after the CSK skipper admitted to the Level 2 offence under Article 2.20 of the IPL's Code of Conduct and accepted the sanction. However, that instance made the cricket world fight over the amount of punishment because of the way he undermined the game and the role of the umpire by storming onto the field. 

Bishan Singh Bedi is clearly surprised by the amount of punishment given by the BCCI and slammed the "timid" authorities for the same. In the process, he has also slammed the double nature of media and asked why the scribed are so petrified of putting up an honest expression.

"Am aghast w/media calls on Dhoni's invasion on the field as the most immature protest against Umpires last night...puzzles me no end why sport scribes are petrified of honest expression against erring established stars...why even authorities are shamelessly timid-50% fine is kid-gloving MSD," tweeted Bedi.

"Cricket was never meant to 'look' ugly-never mind if laws of the game are not trespassed-but certain 'behavioural' patterns are tantamount to bringing disrepute to the game..nobody was ever bigger than the game which demands the highest form of exemplary discipline from players/officials alike," Bedi added.

The minimum sanction for the first Level 1 Offence is "warning/ reprimand and/ or the imposition of a fine of up to 50% of the applicable Match Fee", while that for a Level 4 Offence is "the imposition of a suspension of between eight (8) matches and a lifetime". In that sense, BCCI became reserved and docked the match fee instead of banning him from one game.