Tour in doubt, India considering pullout

[Guest Hiten.]

Sydney: After more than seven hours of long hearing on the alleged charges of racism against Harbhajan Singh, the Indian team’s media manager Dr MV Sridhar indicated that India might pull out of the Australia tour. “The players are not in any frame of mind to play given the conditions that exist,†he told the waiting media outside the member’s stand. The meeting went on till 2.20 in the morning. Dr Sridhar, however, maintained that the tour would go on and the Indian team would arrive at a decision after due consultations with the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) officials. Poor umpiring along with dishonest conduct of Australian players on the field during India’s second innings response on the final day of the second Test match in Sydney resulted in India losing a dramatic match by 122 runs in the last few minutes of the day’s play. The Indian team is scheduled to leave on Monday, January 7, for Canberra to play a first class game against the Prime Minister's X1. This is not the first time India has threatened to pull out of Test series away from home. In 2001, World Cricket plunged into a crisis when the Jagmohan Dalmiya-led BCCI threatened to pull out of the tour to South Africa after match referee Mike Dennis slapped a ban on six Indian players for excessive appealing, and charged Sachin Tendulkar with ball tampering. India refused to play another Test in the series if Dennis officiated as match referee. Finally the third Test was played as an unofficial match. Remains to be seen whether Sharad Pawar is able to take such a strong stance. The two teams are becoming increasingly volatile with each game.

[Grim Reaper]

Damn it, just pullout already, screw them all.

[Dirty_South]

Pullout,Pullout,Pullout !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! For Fack sake !

[Rajiv]

Implications from a pull-out? other than sport I see a big problem here, or is it OTT

[talksport]

India won't call off the Australia tour: BCCI

[Rajiv]

..and harbhajan can play?

[bigdhoni7]

what the hell is wrong with bcci? the team got screwed royally and they still want the damn tour to continue? **** them, **** the icc and **** the australia cricket team!

[Guest Hiten.]

what the hell is wrong with bcci? the team got screwed royally and they still want the damn tour to continue? **** them' date=' **** the icc and **** the australia cricket team![/quote'] Dude do you even realize that money is everything ? aren't we in australia to make $$$ ? And if we are to pull out from australia tour, we'll end up losing $$$ .... so what if we lose integrity.... $$$ talks

[bigdhoni7]

yeah bcci is a bunch of money loving c***s. no sense of pride or integrity.