No ban on Harbhajan Singh. Bhaji is not Racist

Monkey is not a racist term.

The Judge Hansen indicated that even if Harbhajan called Symonds a "monkey" it would not constitute racism.

The ICC's Appeals Commissioner Justice Hansen described why the racial charge could not have been upheld against Harbhajan Singh.

1) Tendulkar confirmed that the abuse uttered by Harbhajan is pronounced with a 'n' and could have been mis-interpreted as monkey

2) Symonds provided the provocation because Harbhajan patting Lee on the bottom after an excellent yorker was just his way of saying 'well bowled'

3)Surprisingly, the Australian players could not recall Harbhajan saying any other word other than monkey, maybe because the abuse was not in English

4)In my view even if Harbhajan had used the 'alleged word' then an 'ordinary person' would not have been offended under the terms of 3.3 which pertains to racial abuse

People saying that BCCI ruling on ICC,

Harbhajan wasn't let off the hook for racism for lack of evidence but because of lobbying by the BCCI.

Alex Brown of the Sydney Morning Herald writes, "If there was any question about who wielded the power within international cricket, it was answered emphatically yesterday. India, which accounts for up to 70 per cent of the game's global revenue, completed a comprehensive victory over the International Cricket Council and Cricket Australia by having Harbhajan Singh's racism ban downgraded to a lesser charge of misconduct."

Cricket Columnist Peter Roebuck writes, "India's performance in chartering a plane to take the players back home in case of a finding against them is among the most nakedly aggressive actions in the history of a notoriously fractious game. If this is the way Indian cricket intends to conduct its affairs, God help cricket."

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