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BCCI asks Team India not to leave Sydney

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Posted online: Tuesday , January 08, 2008 at 1314 hrs IST

Sydney/New Delhi, January 7:: Raising the stakes, a furious BCCI filed an appeal with the ICC against the three-match ban slapped on off-spinner Harbhajan Singh and asked the Indian team to stay put in Sydney as part of pressure tactics to get its case heard.

Angry over the ban and calling it unfair and unacceptable, an emergency meeting of the Board decided to fight out the issue with the Australians and the umpires who had done India in the second Test which went in favour of the home team.

Arun Jaitley, a senior Board office-bearer and a well-known lawyer drafted the complaint against Match Referee Mike Procter's ban decision on the ground Harbhajan had racially abused Andrew Symonds and filed it with the international body within 24 hours of the decision as required under rules.

Parellelly it asked the Indian team to stay put in Sydney and not go to Canberra where a two-day practice match is scheduled from Thursday.

After the late night punishment handed out by Procter, a furious BCCI President Sharad Pawar called an emergency meeting at his residence in Delhi this morning where all options including pulling out of the series were said to have been considered.

At the meeting, it was decided to appeal against Procter's order and ask the ICC to suspend the order till the final disposal of the appeal.

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Harbijan
by racismrules on 2008-01-30 11:17:48.341237+05:30
What a disgrace the BCCI is.."we'll take our bat and ball and go home if you don't do what we say"...so if what Harbi said was ok, then it must be ok for Aussies to call Indians "Curry munching ba$tard$" as it's a 'misunderstanding of cultures"...shocking...paints a bad picture of the Indian stance on racism
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India - Australia cricket Match
by Samarendra Nath Maulik on 2008-01-08 23:37:22.651366+05:30
Match Referee Mike Procter's ban decision on the ground Harbhajan had racially abused Andrew Symonds only based only on the statement narrated by complainant and Aussies Captain Ponting. Nothing has been recorded / heard in any of the Media Channel. Also both the 'Umpire' had nakedly called unjust out to Indians and Save Aussies by breaking the very Rule itself. So India should withdraw from thee total series till the particular two / three Aussies plays, both the 'Umpire' and the Match referee are suspended for life from cricket world.
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this is not cricket
by vishal on 2008-01-08 19:38:23.946603+05:30
Steve, thanks for your kind words. You are right. The sports being played out in Australia is not cricket and both the teams and their fans are equally responsible for the sorry state of affairs. There used to be a time when players like Zaheer Abbas and Imran Khan belonging to arch rivals Pakistan used to have a huge fan following in India. In those days fans enjoyed cricket without any feeling of partisanship or toxic pseudo patriotism. But it seems like the systemic corrosion in the overall value system all across the globe has caught up with Cricket also. It's shameful and depressing the way the teams are behaving. This hooliganism, disrespect, sledging, racial taunting is not cricket. This kind of boorish behavior is best left to the European football fans. We need sportsmanship back in the game. We need mutual respect back in the game. Above all, we need some gentlemen back in the game. Both inside as well as outside the field.
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Aussies Atrocitries
by Kamlesh Mohan on 2008-01-08 11:21:18.703731+05:30
We should take a strong stand irrespective of the loss occured to BCCI. The attitude of Aussies is unpardonable at all occasions. Team India deserves respect for not boycotting the game on its own and not talking to media / arguments. In future we should not play /keep relations with Aussies unless they improve themselves. The main frustration of the Aussies is T20 defeat. We should take our stand strongly. It is softness which triggered Aussies to go for excess with Indian Team.
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harbhajans ban
by subbu on 2008-01-08 11:15:55.572951+05:30
India should leave from Australia. This will be the best reply to Team Australia.
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