Dismissal in BBL

Perth: Perth Scorchers opener Michael Klinger was bizarrely given out on the seventh ball of an over in Australia’s Twenty20 Big Bash League with umpires failing to realise their mistake. The veteran’s controversial dismissal for two came in their game against the Sydney Sixers when the umpires lost count of how many balls had been bowled. It overshadowed the Scorchers’ seven-wicket win and a quick-fire unbeaten 87 from Cameron Bancroft as he starts to find form again on his return from a nine-month ban for balltampering. Scorchers coach Adam Voges said the controversy was “not ideal”. “Obviously it’s the umpires’ jobs to count the number of balls in an over,” he said. Cricket Australia said the incident would be “followed up”. “It appears there was a miscount of balls in the over, and a seventh ball was allowed by the umpires," a spokesperson said.

With Dhoni being slotted at No 5 even though vice-captain Rohit wants the veteran to bat a notch higher but cues from India’s training session made it clear that the team is unlikely to tinker with the batting order. India’s batting order did come under the spotlight at the Sydney Cricket Ground.

The top three (Rohit, Shikhar Dhawan and Kohli) have enjoyed a fairly consistent run since 2016. But it was a rare occasion when Dhoni had to come out in the fourth over of the innings.

When India last played ODIs in Australia in January 2016, Dhoni batted at number four in two matches but only scored 18 runs. In fact, since that series, Dhoni has batted at number four in

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