Harbhajan Singh has been lucky this time to get away with a ban of just five ODIs. One more mistake like this one and he will be out of ever.
Harbhajan Singh was banned by the Indian board for five ODIs for slapping Sreesanth
during an IPL match last month. The ban means Harbhajan will miss
India's forthcoming tri-series in Bangladesh and the start of the Asia
Cup in Pakistan.
Earlier Bhajji was banned for 11 matches in the IPL in addition to ODIs.
"The referee studied video tapes of the incident and found the assault
by Harbhajan was totally unprovoked. The footage exactly showed that
Harbhajan went down the line, wishing all the players, shaking hands
with a few players," said Lalit Modi, the commissioner of the IPL who
is also a vice-president of the BCCI. "Sreesanth was the third player
that he met. Instead of shaking his hand he actually slapped him and
continued down the line, shaking hands with the other players."
Sreesanth was let off with a warning after video evidence showed
Harbhajan slapped him without any provocation. Where as Harbhajan Singh was slapped a ban of 11 to 13 IPL games. Additionally, BCCI will be taking its on action against the spinner. The duo embraced at the
end of the hearing after Harbhajan offered an apology in front of the
cameras.
I hope, Bhajji will concentrate more on his bowling than these kind of incidences.
