India tied with Sri Lanka in last night's one-day match in Adelaide, but were denied victory when their 30th over contained just five deliveries.
The mistake proved crucial as India finished their run chase at 9-236 - exactly the same score as the Sri Lankans.
But skipper M.S. Dhoni distanced the Indians from any complaint.
"It's done and dusted, that is what is important," Dhoni said. "We can create a big fuss out of it, but what is the point?"
The error was extraordinary, given it passed by both umpires on the field, a third umpire in the grandstand and a match referee.
"We have seen in the past, we have bowled an over and almost changed [ends] and the third umpire interferes and says 'OK, you have to bowl one more ball in this particular over'," Dhoni said.
"It didn't happen in this game. "I don't know why."But we don't really want to create a controversy out of it, nothing can be done right now."
While Sri Lankan skipper Mahela Jayawardene said with a smile, "I'm not complaining", Dhoni said he wouldn't lodge an official protest.
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Sportsmanship
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Damn! I hate it when that happens...were denied victory when their 30th over contained just five deliveries.
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Ya just can't have too many quotation marks when yer quoting about Crickit..."It didn't happen in this game."I don't know why."But we don't really want to create a controversy out of it, nothing can be done right now."
Sometimes it seems as though one has to cross the line just to figger out where it is