Melbourne: Everyone is aware of Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s penchant for collecting stumps as souvenirs after every India win but just like last year’s World Twenty20 in Bangladesh, he won’t be able to collect any during the ongoing ODI World Cup irrespective of his team’s victories.
The World Cup in Australia and New Zealand again has the LED stumps, which are touch-sensitive and blink whenever the bails get whipped off.
Just after India completed their win against arch-rivals Pakistan on Sunday at the Adelaide Oval, Dhoni took one of the bails but then Ian Gould, who was the square leg umpire, had a friendly chat with him after which one saw the bail remaining where it is.
The specific reason being that these set of ‘LED stumps’ cost USD 40,000 (Rs 24 lakh) and the pair of bails costs as much as an iPhone 5 (Rs 50,000 approx).
So Dhoni won’t be able to keep any of these bails or stumps unless there is an official permission from the ICC in this regard. (PTI)
