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The Disciplinary Committee of the Board of Control for Cricket BCCI today acting on the report submitted by Justice Nanavati over the slap gate incident slapped a five ODI ban on Harbhajan Singh and the temperamental offie was banned for the remainder of the Indian Premier League IPL season after being found guilty of slapping Sreesanth by the match referee Farookh Engineer and mumbai Indians make shift skipper Harbhajan reportedly slapped Mohali cricketer Sreesanth after being provoked by churlish seamer from Kerala April 25 and Harbhajan appeared before the BCCIs three member Disciplinary Panel headed by president Sharad Pawar in Mumbai. The committee invoked rule 3-2 -1 of the BCCI regulations to ban Harbhajan. Under this provision the maximum punishment that can be meted out to a player is a ban up to a maximum of 5 ODIs and or 3 Test matches a release from the board said. BCCI President Sharad Pawar explained the BCCI had acted as per the rules but maintained that another act of indiscipline could end Harbhajans career and further instance of misconduct will invoke a life ban for Harbhajan Pawar told reporters after coming out of the meeting. Five.ODI ban means he will miss Indias forthcoming tri series in Bangladesh and the start of the Asia Cup in Pakistan. BCCI appointed commissioner Nanavati who was also present at the meeting yesterday told that he took utmost care while preparing his report. I was under tension while making the report not because of the subject but because the issue that I was investigating was very sensitive. So many eyes were on me. I can’t afford to make any mistakes Nanavati told reporters. I was very cautious while drafting the report. I have written each and every word carefully and I can justify every sentence in the report said the Ahmedabad-based lawyer. Nanavati had said he was satisfied with the answers given by both the players and did not feel the need to question anybody else.

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India’s cricket board felt “let down” by Harbhajan Singh after a slapping incident involving compatriot Shanthakumaran Sreesanth. Harbhajan was suspended on Saturday pending a disciplinary hearing and the incident, which happened in an IPL game on Friday, dominated the front pages of newspapers in the cricket-mad country at the weekend. The off-spinner will face the hearing on Monday. “I feel let down,” the board’s chief administrative officer Ratnakar Shetty told Sunday’s Hindustan Times newspaper. “This type of behaviour is unheard of, shameful. The board had stood up for Harbhajan in an ugly row in Australia this year. He was initially banned for three tests after being found guilty of making racist remarks against all-rounder Andrew Symonds, but was subsequently let off with a fine on a lesser charge following an appeal. If the players are taking this tournament lightly, it’s time they realised it is serious cricket… when the board stands behind its players, it doesn’t mean it will tolerate any nonsense,” Shetty said. Harbhajan is one of his country’s most successful spin bowlers, but his disciplinary record has been poor. He was even ejected from the Indian board’s National Cricket Academy early in his career. We are not going to sweep things under the carpet,” IPL match referee and adjudicator Farokh Engineer told Indian media.

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Harbhajan Singh found himself embroiled in yet another controversy after allegedly slapping Kings XI paceman S Sreesanth during their Indian Premier League encounter on Friday. The Kings XI team, led by Yuvraj Singh, is reportedly planning to lodge a complaint against the off-spinner, who later apologised to the paceman in the dressing room of the Punjab team. BCCI vice-president Rajiv Shukla said the board would wait for the report from the team management before deciding on the future course of action. Harbhajan, leading Mumbai Indians side, allegedly slapped Sreesanth when latter said something to him which the off-spinner found offensive. The paceman was seen crying bitterly on the ground at the end of the IPL match, which his team won by 66 runs. While Harbhajan kept mum on the issue during the post-match conference, Sreesanth tried to play down the incident. It is normal. Nothing serious happened. It is all in the game. I am fine. We will still be part of the national team,” Sreesanth said before leaving from the stadium.
As Sreesanth came to board the bus to return to the team hotel, waiting media mobbed him to listen to his version. Harbhajan though did not speak on the issue. “Can we have questions on just cricket,” Harbhajan said when asked about what happened between him and Sreesanth. Mumbai Indians coach Lalchand Rajput also requested media to restrict their questions to just cricket. The winning captain Yuvraj Singh though was upset by the unsavoury incident and termed it “ugly. This is really an ugly incident. You do not want to see such things off the field specially after such a win. I am pretty upset at what has happened. This is totally unacceptable,” he said apparently criticising Harbhajan Singh. Yuvraj though said he did not know what actually transpired between the two.  I do not know what exactly happened but one does not want to see such things happening. Kings XI coach Tom Moody was also visibly upset by the incident and termed as “unacceptable” Harbhajan’s behaviour. “At the end of the day, players shake hands. But today saw more that from Harbhajan and Sreesanth. It is unacceptable behaviour and I am sure officials will take of note. The positive thing is that Harbhajan had a long chat with Sreesanth. But I am not sure what ramifications this incident will have,” Moody said. Upset after his team’s third successive defeat, the turbanator also looked unhappy with his teammates.

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