Bhajji banned for 3 tests : Tour could be cancelled

[kabira]

and hopefully Pawar and company have balls of Dalmiya

[ali0786]

its ridiculous to ban harbhajan for 3 tests for something Aussies claim he said... Now lets see what happens to Hogg..

[Sachinism]

anjali doshi on NDTV saying "bcci are going all out to fight the ban" when asked about cancelling the tour, she said that the media manager said " the players are all disheartened and dont feel like going out there and playing" but still saying its not likely to get cancelled

[theguyinallblue]

its good that its all happening with india...and sufferers are Kumble..Sachin...Ganguly..Dravid... Now BCCI will have to get off their lazy bums..and do something.. Public pressure is is such that sharad pawar can not now afford to go against the wishes of indian public.. i say...cancel the whole tour... get the referrals.... and ban any sort of words exchange...or umpires should be fitted with mike so that everything which is said is recorded... enough of this originality..time for some evolution..

[Anakin]

If bhajji is banned for 3 matches, all OZs should have been banned for life, not only in this team, I'm talking about all the convicts and their constant chattering and sledging.

[Sachinism]

its ridiculous to ban harbhajan for 3 tests for something Aussies claim he said... Now lets see what happens to Hogg..

exactly, there was no evidence and im sure bhaji never admitted to anything

[Uthappa Rocks]

I dont like the idea of cancelling the tour. Its like we are running away like cowards. The main point id that bucknor should be removed from umpiring, that is the main point. And Bhajjis Ban; well if there is proof he said anything racist then he should be banned, if he didnt then the bcci should put pressure on to remove the ban. Tour should go on.

[Prudent]

[DomainK]

and hopefully Pawar and company have balls of Dalmiya

They dont. Dalmiya was a tough chap and he really changed world cricket during his tenure.

[Guest HariSampath]

anjali doshi on NDTV saying "bcci are going all out to fight the ban" when asked about cancelling the tour, she said that the media manager said " the players are all disheartened and dont feel like going out there and playing" but still saying its not likely to get cancelled

Thats what I gathered....from what Anil said ( and sounded ) , seniors and other players are very reluctant to play in these circumstances, but BCCI has not yet agreed to call tour off officially; players want BCCI to back them and they all back Bhajji 100%...so thats why tour cancellation is not yet discussed officially in public

[observer1]

there will be a few phone calls tonite - or more likely, there will have been already. harbhajan's ban will be appealed and he will play. there will be another enquiry, after the series and it will go 50/50 in return for that, the umpires will remain unchanged.

[Sachinism]

I dont like the idea of cancelling the tour. Its like we are running away like cowards. The main point id that bucknor should be removed from umpiring, that is the main point. And Bhajjis Ban; well if there is proof he said anything racist then he should be banned, if he didnt then the bcci should put pressure on to remove the ban. Tour should go on.

there is no proof at all BCCI are to go full out to over turn the ban i dont like the idea of cancelling the tour, but what is happening is BS and its not worth wasting time in aus getting screwed by the umpires and ICC

[DomainK]

I dont like the idea of cancelling the tour. Its like we are running away like cowards. The main point id that bucknor should be removed from umpiring, that is the main point. And Bhajjis Ban; well if there is proof he said anything racist then he should be banned, if he didnt then the bcci should put pressure on to remove the ban. Tour should go on.

Thats tried and tested thousand times. It took a Pakistan walk out to remove a Hair. It will take another walk out to remove Bucknor.

[kabira]

Boria Mazumdar is furious on Times Now..They just had word with Niranjan shah and he mostly said "no comments".

[beetle]

Rajeev Shukla rules out cancelling the tour.....(sick asses!) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- There is no need for playing against these thugs! Get our team back!

[Guest BossBhai]

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[Prudent]

Ratnakar Shetty of BCCI not for abanding the series

[msb1991]

The BCCI should appeal against Harbhajan's ban under the pretext that there is NO evidence or impartial witness. India should not cancel the tour, but rather go out there, play good honest cricket and be the bigger team. If they can get 2-2 from here, it will be a legendary achievement and they will go down as all time greats.

[Uthappa Rocks]

If we do a boycott, we should hit them where it hurts, in their pockets. If we cancelled the t20 match, then cricket australia will get hit and they will also have to put pressure to remove bucknor.

[Chandan]

I'm all for cancelling the tour. I have seen nothing which can match the ridiculous umpiring in this test and the faith of the Australians that sooner or later the umpires were going to give the batsman out, no matter he was out or not!! This was atrocious. I just can't believe how our players are going to play in the rest of the series. At least I'm boycotting this series from now onwards. Enough of this rubbish. I'll be extremely disappointed if this series goes on. This has left even the Denness farce behind.