Dhoni in gloves breach

Mahendra Singh Dhoni was forced to change his gloves

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India's Mahendra Singh Dhoni has agreed to wear smaller wicketkeeping gloves after the pair he wore during Sunday’s Commonwealth Bank Series clash against Australia violated the International Cricket Council Code of Conduct.

Dhoni, the captain of India's one-day side, donned a pair of gloves at the start of Australia's innings which had extra webbing between the thumb and forefinger, a breach of law 40.2 of the code.

Match referee Jeff Crowe said: "After I raised my concern in the India dressing room, Dhoni immediately changed his gloves on the advice of the India team management, which was a reasonable thing to do.

“These gloves were then inspected after the match by the third umpire, myself and later by the two on-field umpires. The three umpires ruled that the gloves were in breach of Laws of Cricket.

"Dhoni has not been penalised on this occasion but he has been advised that if he uses the gloves again before they have been modified, inspected and cleared, he could be charged for a breach of Clause C1 of the Code of Conduct."

Australia Test legend Ian Healy and coach Tim Nielsen gave Dhoni the benefit of the doubt over any wrongdoing.

Ian Healy played down Dhoni's role in the glove incident

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"Did he know the law? He probably didn't, I reckon," Healy told a media conference in Melbourne to announce his induction into the Australian Cricket Hall of Fame.

"I don't think Mahendra could have known, but his manufacturer would have, so that's where that one's gone astray.”

Nielsen, a former first-class wicketkeeper with South Australia, stressed it had not been established whether the gloves were illegal.

"At the moment that's what they're trying to find out," said Nielsen. "Often the gloves will be made personally for him, they'll be fitted to his hand specifically, as gloves for most first-class keepers and international keepers would be done.

“He would have gone on the fact that his supplier supplied the gloves, he whacked them on and they felt good and he wore them.

“If it turns out that they're not right, that'll be dealt with and if it turns out they're right, he'll probably put them on on Tuesday when he plays again.”

India fast bowler Ishant Sharma was fined 15 per cent of his match fee for pointing Australia all-rounder Andrew Symonds the way to the pavilion after bowling him in the 47th over.