Sunday, January 6, 2008

A few Crazy mometns by Baju in field



After Ricky Ponting popped up a simple catch to VVS Laxman at silly point off the first ball he faced from Harbhajan, the Indian spinner simply took off towards the dressing room with both arms raised and a finger pointing heavenward.For a few crazy moments it appeared that Harbhajan Singh taken to rugby with his team-mates at the SCG on Saturday.

On a more serious note Sourav said: "Harbhajan is a competitive guy. All men can't be same. It's not right for me to say that's the way he should be. That's the way he is and that's the way we are. We are all different. We react differently to different situations. And we as human beings will have to accept it."



Sourav claimed that he did not know about Harbhajan being charged till this morning. "I wasn't aware what had happened. I saw something happening on the field when they were batting. So I don't know exactly what happened," Sourav said.

As the SCG crowd lapped up Harbhajan's unique celebration, the humour was certainly not lost on Ponting at whose insistence the umpires had pressed charges of racial abuse against the Indian spinner on Friday following his on-field verbal duel with Andrew Symonds.

Matthew Hayden said that the Australians believe that they have a strong case, but the Indian team management is confident that nothing will come out of Sunday's hearing and Harbhajan will be let off for lack of evidence.

Skipper Anil Kumble, manager Chetan Chauhan, assistant manager MV Sridhar, senior pro Sachin Tendulkar and, of course, Harbhajan will attend the hearing from the Indian side, while Ricky Ponting, Matthew Hayden, Michael Clarke, Adam Gilchrist and Andrew Symonds will testify against Harbhajan.

BCCI officials are already in touch with Cricket Australia on this issue which is threatening to sour the excellent relations between the two most powerful constituents of the ICC. No matter who wins this wretched battle, the game of cricket stands to be the biggest loser.

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