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This excerpt from cricinfo

“Dhoni himself avoided an ICC rap after he was found wearing gloves that weren’t within the regulations. The pair of white ones he sported came with a loop-like webbing that had been reinforced at the edges.

Law 40.2 states that “if the wicketkeeper wears gloves, they shall have no webbing between the fingers except joining index finger and thumb, where webbing may be inserted as a means of support…”

Dhoni said he had obeyed the laws and didn’t want any further controversy. “It was close to the line of ‘if the gloves were legal or illegal’. In the 100 catches I’ve taken only three or four might have been caught in the webbing. Otherwise, the rest I’ve claimed out of my glovework and my skill.”

Arent we missing the point here MS? no one denied that glovework and skill contributed to most of your dismissals.. The point is the gloves might
have been not in line with the regulations….