As Australians we all know that our cricket team are not the friendliest people to compete against. They will use sledging as a tool to get ahead whenever they can. Some claim this is one of the main reasons we have been the best in the world for such a long time. After the infamous Sydney test match a lot was said about how the Australians conduct themselves on the field and how they should just take some of their own medicine. I was reading all this at the start of the year and was thinking that this is just wrong. If an Australian player was found guilty of racially abusing an Indian player he would have been suspended and made to apologise. When the Aussie team accused an Indian player of doing this what happened?
Well I think we all know what happens, India blame us, threaten to end the tour and say that we made it up. Harbhajan gets let off and does not even come out and apologise. Now months later in the IPL Harbhajan is at it again this time slapped an opponent, and who is this player he slaps? His own Indian team mate. For once the BCCI will need to stand up and take action as this just shows the true nature of Mr Singh.
For now Harbhajan has been suspended for 11 IPL games and this I think is good for the game and cricket in India. Would the same sentence have been given if he slapped Symonds? As Big Brother would say “I don’t think so”.
Harbahjan has once again shown his true colours. The next time he does something to an international player he shouldn’t get away with it. If he does then this would really show the true power India have in the international cricket world.
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