Tuesday, January 29, 2008

Bhajji's - racist charge dropped

The second test between india and australia was full of controversy because of bad umpiring and charging bhajji for offensive behaviour. In that match there were 11 decisions against india and 1 against the aussies.
For the first time in his carrier bhaji was charged with level 3.3 offence for an alleged racial slur against andrew symonds.The indan team and the BCCI were unhappy with this judgement given by the ICC as it was one sided. The indian team decided to halt the tour down under if the ban was not lifted.

The BCCI-appointed lawyer for the off-spinner,Manohar said "The BCCI was firm on its stance that racism charges levelled against Harbhajan should be totally dropped. Had the charges stuck, they would have reflected badly on the BCCI and the nation at large"
The final verdict came today which was a great relief for millions of cricket fans as well as for the BCCI as Bhajji escaped with a relatively minor punishment.in which he was charged with 50% 0f the match fee, there was no ban on him.His past record had greatly healped him in releaving from this charge.This judgement will be a good lesson for racist-minded umpiries.

The great question which remains unanswered is
"WHAT WILL ICC DO WITH MATCH REFREE"