The breaking news about flamboyant left handed batsman Yuvraj Singh is that he has been declared ‘Not Guilty’ of dissent reports Cricket360.com. This should come as a relief to him and his team mates.

Yuvraj had been in the cricket news for an incident that took place in the second ODI between Sri Lanka and India on Saturday which was won by India in a riveting match that went down to the wire.   

When he was at the individual score of 66 runs, Yuvraj was adjudged out LBW to Nuwan Kulasekara. Yuvraj, having edged the ball on to his pads, was visibly taken aback at the decision and he did not walk from the crease. Yuvraj looked in good nick, having scored some attractive boundaries as well as a huge six off the bowling of Mendis, and would have obviously been put out at having had his innings wrongfully curtailed in this fashion. So he waited at the crease for a few seconds even after the umpire had lifted his finger.

Since he stood his ground, he was reported by on-field umpires Brian Jerling and Gamini Silva, as well as third umpire Kumar Dharmasena as ‘showing dissent at an umpire’s decision’. This was reported by the three umpires to match referee Chris Broad for taking appropriate action.

The hearing for the complaint was heard on Sunday when Indian coach Gary Kirsten and team manager Prakash Dixit also attended the hearing and Yuvraj was cleared of the charge.  

According to the observations of the match referee, upon viewing the match replays he came to the conclusion that what Yuvraj expressed was not so much ‘dissent as ‘disappointment’.

"After reviewing video evidence of the incident, I am of the opinion that there was no conclusive evidence that Yuvraj showed dissent at the decision. He did stay at the crease but the delay in departing was not excessive and I felt he showed a level of disappointment rather than dissent," he said.

Well whether it was semantics that cleared Yuvraj or anything else, a positive result ensued and Cricket360 is glad that we will continue to see the performance of an in form Yuvraj in days to come.

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