Team India expresses solidarity with Harbhajan
Indian cricket team held a meeting at the hotel this morning to express solidarity with Harbhajan Singh, who has been slapped with a three-Test suspension for an alleged racial abuse against Australian all-rounder Andrew Symonds.
By PTI |
SYDNEY: Indian cricket team held a meeting at the hotel this morning to express solidarity with Harbhajan Singh, who has been slapped with a three-Test suspension for an alleged racial abuse against Australian all-rounder Andrew Symonds.
The meeting -- "an informal one," according to media manager MV Sridhar, was held under the stewardship of skipper Anil Kumble, was also an attempt to convey the Indian cricket Board the simmering discontent of the team on the injustice meted out to Harbhajan.
Team India is unable to come to terms with the fact that Harbhajan has been deemed guilty on the basis of hearsay, the testimony which Symonds' team-mates Michael Clarke and Matthew Hayden, provided to the match referee Mike Procter.
There is a tremendous disquiet among the boys on the manner justice and fair play was given a short shrift by the two umpires as well as the Australian team during the Sydney Test at the SCG which the hosts won by 122 runs on Sunday.
There is no immediate threat to the tour nor any ultimatum has been conveyed to the Board but cricketers have sought their best to convey how strongly they feel about the issue.
They sure want the board to take up the issue with utmost seriousness.
The meeting -- "an informal one," according to media manager MV Sridhar, was held under the stewardship of skipper Anil Kumble, was also an attempt to convey the Indian cricket Board the simmering discontent of the team on the injustice meted out to Harbhajan.
Team India is unable to come to terms with the fact that Harbhajan has been deemed guilty on the basis of hearsay, the testimony which Symonds' team-mates Michael Clarke and Matthew Hayden, provided to the match referee Mike Procter.
There is a tremendous disquiet among the boys on the manner justice and fair play was given a short shrift by the two umpires as well as the Australian team during the Sydney Test at the SCG which the hosts won by 122 runs on Sunday.
There is no immediate threat to the tour nor any ultimatum has been conveyed to the Board but cricketers have sought their best to convey how strongly they feel about the issue.
They sure want the board to take up the issue with utmost seriousness.
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