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Harbhajan’s ban suspended, Indian Board's weak letter against designed umpiring MIL/Agencies/Siffy, Jan 7, 2008. IR Summary Mumbai, India: January 7, 2008 - IR Summary - India's tour of Australia will go on as per schedule as the International Cricket Council (ICC) has suspended three-Test ban imposed on Off-Spinner Harbhajan Singh till an appeal filed by BCCI is decided. After hectic inter-continental teleconferencing late on Sunday night and Monday morning, it has been agreed that the Indian tour of Australia shall continue. The Indian team has been directed to leave for Canberra late Monday evening or early Tuesday morning to play a three-day warm-up match before the third Test in Perth, starting January 16. Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) president Sharad Pawar and his senior colleagues spoke to other ICC directors in an effort to sort out the problem. Late Monday morning India time, Pawar spoke to Team India skipper Anil Kumble and assured the team of the board's full backing and explained to him the steps being taken to defuse the explosive situation. As regards controversy over the wrong judgments against India, which forced India to lose the 2nd Test at Sydney, Vice-President Rajeev Shukla said at the meeting of the senior board officials at Pawar’s residence held this morning that a letter has been written to the ICC not to post West Indian Steve Bucknor and Mark Benson of England, the two umpires who ablaze a serious controversy about their umpiring against India. However, one this is clear that the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) president Sharad Pawar is a weak person, if anyone else were there in his place, he would have definitely boycotted the Australians and called back the team and would have protested to cancel the both the tests held in Australia and that would have been the befitting reply. At the same time, he has shown no concern about the national honor which Indian team has lost whom the Australians got humiliated through the Umpires and forced them to lose the Second Test match. By this no-move-act by Pawar, the entire India, who loves cricket and its fairness, may not excuse him. It is a clear match fixing, which weak President Sharad Pawar ignored and let India was down in the eyes of the world. In fact, BCCI lacks guts to take a bold step, it looks as if they are habitual to eating insults inflicted by foreigners. The controversy of wrong umpiring which let India down by forcing it to lose the match should have been taken seriously by Sharad Pawar, but he has little concern about it. He thinks that if the new Umpires are posted there, the matter shall stand solved. Will India be able to restore its prestige which it has lost in the 2nd test?
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