It is not cricket

Cricket is a gentleman's game where physical contact is absent.  What the Indian Captain did on the field was uncivil and boorish. Yes Mustafizur violated the rule by being where he should not have been after his follow through. But it was not intentional. What Dhoni did was deliberate, and that was quite clear to all those who was watching, particularly the TV viewers, who had the benefit of the close up shots, and which the match referee did not fail to see.  It was disheartening to hear some TV commentators standing up only for the rules of the game and not for the civil and gentlemanly spirit it represents. If Mustafizur violated the letter of the rules of the game, Dhoni violated its spirit. And when the spirit is killed the substance is killed too. 

S A Khan
Dhaka