February 25, 2008	Monday	Safar 17, 1429

SYDNEY, Feb 24: India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni was asked to change his wicket-keeping gloves during his team’s tri-series match defeat against Australia on Sunday after pulling off a spectacular catch to dismiss Adam Gilchrist.

Former Australia wicket-keeper Ian Healy, commenting on local television, said the gloves were in breach of the rules because they had extra webbing between the thumb and the forefinger.

Under the sport’s regulations, the webbing is not allowed to protude “beyond the straight line joining the top of the index finger to the top of the thumb”.

Dhoni said he had agreed to change his gloves as soon as he was informed that the match referee Jeff Crowe wanted to inspect them.

“There was no point creating controversy so I said I’ll change the gloves,” he told a news conference.

Dhoni said he was unaware there was any problem with his gloves as he been using the same type all season.—Reuters