'Don't want to be fined': Dhoni on umpiring errors during India-Afghanistan game

Mahendra Singh Dhoni's comeback as captain, just for a game, ended in a thrilling tie against Afghanistan in their Asia Cup 2018 Super Four match at on Tuesday.

Apart from the excellent cricketing skills, the match also saw some umpiring blunders.

Dhoni and Dinesh Karthik were given leg before by the on-field umpires -- Gregory Brathwaite of West Indies and Anisur Rahaman of Bangladesh -- even though TV replays clearly indicated that the ball was missing the stumps in both the cases.

Taking a dig at umpiring errors, Dhoni said, "There were a couple of run-outs, and a few things we can't talk about because I don't want to get fined for it."

Any public criticism of umpiring decisions invites sanctions from the ICC and Dhoni chose his words very carefully.

Dhoni was dismissed by part-time off-spinner Javed Ahmadi and the delivery seemed to have gone over stumps while Karthik's dismissal of Mohammed Nabi was bigger blunder as the ball missed the leg stump by a couple of feet.

India were set a target of 253 and the match ended in a tie after the team was bowled out for 252.

When asked about India's below-par performance, the wicketkeeper said, the team was not playing their full-strength side that also needs to be factored in.

"I wouldn't say we went wrong in the chase. To start off, it was like a handicap in golf. We didn't go with a full-strength side. Not enough spinners on this wicket. The first over that a fast bowler bowls, they need to extract swing. We didn't hit the back of a length area, and we gave away too much initially with the ball."

Dhoni was asked to lead the team, after Rohit Sharma and other players were given a game's rest. It was his 200th ODI game as captain of Indian Cricket team.