Off-spinner Harbhajan Singh, who was on Monday banned by the Indian Premier League for rest of its matches for slapping paceman S Sreesanth, has replied to the Cricket Board's show cause notice issued to him.
Video footage in Monday's crucial disciplinary hearing is certain to go against Harbhajan Singh, who allegedly punched S Sreesanth, with IPL Commissioner Lalit Modi on Sunday disclosing that the camera did "pick up something".
South African all-rounder Shaun Pollock was on Sunday named captain of Mumbai Indians following Harbhajan Singh's suspension from Indian Premier League matches for slapping pacer S Sreesanth.
Mumbai Indian stand-in captain Harbhajan Singh on Saturday downplayed the controversy regarding him allegedly slapping S Sreesanth to bring the Kings XI Punjab pacer to tears, saying the issue "had been sorted out".
India's skipper revealed after the match that Ponting used harsh words against Sreesanth and hence spoke to the umpires about it.
Tamil Nadu batsman S Badrinath will lead a 15-member India 'A' squad which will play two three-day matches against a visiting Australia 'A' side next month.
From setting inspirational songs as his mobile ringtone to wearing I-Never-Give-Up T-shirts, pacer S Sreesanth has come up with unique methods to keep himself motivated as he waits for a recall to the Indian cricket team.
The COA is scheduled to meet on March 18 to discuss the anti-doping policy of the Board with the International Cricket Council officials. The issue of Sreesanth's ban might come up among the COA on that day.
Barely a couple of hours after slapping his India teammate S Sreesanth, a repentant Harbhajan Singh had a quiet dinner with the Kerala pacer to get over the unsavoury incident. Sreesanth, who was slapped by Harbhajan after an Indian Premier League match in May, said neither he nor Harbhajan expected that it would snowball into the crisis that it eventually did.
India paceman S Sreesanth got into a tiff with the staff of The Hotel Grand Ashok over a noisy air-conditioner in his room.
The selection committee, which met in Bangalore on Wednesday, also retained Anil Kumble captain for the Test series in Australia.
A side strain sustained in the Indian Premier League has rendered S Sreesanth doubtful for the tri-series in Bangladesh and the spunky pacer was on Friday advised to see the medical team at the National Cricket Academy in Bangalore. BCCI secretary Niranjan Shah said in a statement that Sreesanth sustained the injury during the May 28 Kings XI Punjab vs Rajasthan Royals match in Mohali.
The BCCI banned Harbhajan Singh for a further five one-day internationals for slapping teammate S Sreesanth.
BCCI commissioner Sudhir Nanavati said he has all the evidence in the slapping controversy and will submit his report to the BCCI on Monday.
The beleaguered off-spinner is believed to have written to the BCCI, pleading for one final chance before taking disciplinary action against me over Sreesanth slapping incident.
BCCI-appointed Commissioner Sudhir Nanavati, investigating the slapping row between Harbhajan Singh and S Sreesanth, on Tuesday said he was left stunned after seeing the video footage of the incident.
S Sreesanth insists he has not mellowed down despite the slap-gate involving India teammate and IPL rival Harbhajan Singh.
Harbhajan Singh would never even have imagined in his wildest dreams that the angry slap he planted on S Sreesanth's face would make him poorer by more than two and a half crore of rupees!
That Harbhajan Singh continues to evoke strong emotion in this part of the globe was evident again as the Australian media reacted with glee after the volatile off-spinner was suspended for slapping S Sreesanth in an Indian Premier League match.
When Match Referee and former India wicket-keeper Farokh Engineer hands down his judgment on Monday on the Harbhajan Singh/S Sreesanth IPL fracas which unfolded in Mohali on Friday, he can go back 33 years to draw on personal experience.
Match referee Farokh Engineer said he will conduct a hearing the the Harbhajan-Sreesanth row on Monday in New Delhi.
"We have issued a show cause notice to Harbhajan for which he has been given time till Monday evening to reply. He can play in the match," BCCI Secretary Niranjan Shah told PTI. The match between Mumbai Indians, which has been captained by Harbhajan due to the groin injury to Sachin Tendulkar, and Hyderabad's Deccan Chargers is to be held at the D Y Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai.
Kings XI Punjab paceman S Sreesanth on Saturday described Mumbai XI stand-in captain Harbhajan Singh's alleged slap as "shake hand on a wrong side" and said he would not file a complaint against him.
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The Australia captain claimed S Sreesanth had passed remarks and taunted five batsmen as they stepped in and out of the dressing room during the fourth ODI in Chandigarh.
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Australian captain Adam Gilchrist said some of the altercations on fiel during the second ODI were 'childish'.
India made two changes to their side with opener Virender Sehwag recalled for Praveen Kumar and S Sreesanth replacing Munaf Patel.
Both India and England retained their teams that played the second Test at Trent Bridge.
Virender Sehwag, Harbhajan Singh and Irfan Pathan have been included in the squad for September's World Cup.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Zaheer Khan were rested because of injuries, while Rohit Sharma was handed his international debut.
Pacer S Sreesanth was on Tuesday ruled out of the Asia Cup later this month as he has not fully recovered from the left external oblique injury sustained during the Indian Premier League.
"They will come here by tonight and undergo the fitness test tomorrow morning," team manager Lalchand Rajput told newspersons at the Eden Gardens.
Indian pacer S Sreesanth's continued inability to "rein himself in"" when under pressure could end up costing his side dearly during the upcoming cricket tour Down Under, feels Australian all-rounder Andrew Symonds.
Young leg-spinner Piyush Chawla will make his debut in the second ODI against Bangladesh.
R P Singh is down with a rib muscle injury, while Sreesanth suffered a shoulder injury during the fifth and final one-day international against Pakistan in Jaipur on Sunday.
The Kerala seamer has been ruled out of the Rest of India squad for the Irani Trophy match due to an injury in his right toe.
Harbhajan Singh's ban of five One-day Internationals imposed by the BCCI after slapping S. Sreesanth in an IPL match makes him the fourth Indian cricketer in recent years to be punished by his own board, apart from those involved in the match fixing saga of a few years back.
Sreesanth said he would decide on whether to contest in the election on Wednesday.
India spinner Harbhajan Singh was banned for the remainder of the Indian Premier League tournament after he was found guilty on Monday of slapping compatriot Shanthakumaran Sreesanth. IPL commissioner Lalit Modi told a news conference that the cricketer has been fined all of his match fees from the tournament.
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