Harbhajan Singh “Bhajji” Banned For 11 IPL Matches For Slaping Sreesanth

The BCCI on Monday banned off-spinner Harbhajan Singh for 11 matches of the Indian Premier League. The decision was taken at a hearing by DLF Indian Premier league match referee Farokh Engineer.

Harbhajan Singh was accompanied by Lalchand Rajput and Harsha Bhogle whereas Yuvraj Singh and Maxwell came to support Sreesanth. The hearing started at 1PM IST and lasted for 1:30 hours. It took 1 hour after the hearing for the decesion to be made.

Kings XI Punjab termed Harbhajan’s behaviour as unacceptable and against the spirit of the game.

The match referee Farokh Engineer found conclusive evidence about Harbhajan’s guilt and Sreesanth’s innocence. While he banned Harbhajan for 11 IPL matches, no penalty was announced on S Sreesanth. He was let off with a mild warning. The match referee got video footage from 7 angles that proved beyond doubt that Harbhajan slapped Sreesanth without any provocation.

Harbhajan Singh, had carried a letter, which he presented before the commission. He also expressed regretted for his actions which hurt Sreesanth’s feelings.

Harbhajan Singh, now, wont be able to play in any league matches for IPL Mumbai team. It has not been clarified whether the previous match when Bhajji was suspended is part of the 11 games. If it is , it means that technically Harbhajan is eligible to play the semi finals in the event of Mumbai Indians reaching the last 4.

BCCI President Sharad Pawar said that he had told the IPL Chairman if there was prima facie evidence of wrong-doing on the part of any player, the IPL should take immediate action against the player.

Harbhajan Singh “Bhajji” Slaps Sreesanth

Mumbai Indians captain Harbhajan Singh and Kings XI paceman S Sreesanth were on Friday involved in a bitter row, following which the fast bowler was seen crying bitterly on the ground at the end of their IPL match here.

The slap left players of both the teams shell-shocked and brought an unsavoury end to the otherwise electrifying IPL match at the PCA Stadium here tonight.

The paceman was seen crying bitterly on the ground at the end of the IPL match, which his team won by 66 runs

It was not the media but policemen on duty who were witness to the shocking and bizarre incident that corroborated the Aussies impression of how misbehaved these two Indian players are.

However, within half an hour of slapping Sreesanth, Harbhajan Singh had to apologise for his ‘regretful’ action.

The incident took place immediately after Kings XI Punjab defeated Mumabi Indians and the players were moving back to the dressing room. An infuriated Bhajji not only allegedly picked an argument with temperamental Sreesanth but also delivered a slap on his face. Sreesanth was later seen weeping on the field at the time of the award ceremony.

Immediately after the fracas, Mohali captain Yuvraj Singh walked up to Harbhajan to have a chat with him. Yuvraj said he did not know what transpired between the two. “I do not know what exactly happened but one does not want to see such things happening. IPL commissioner Lalit Modi and ICC’s principal advisor I.S. Bindra also had a word with the off spinner. In the post-match conference, asked if there was an incident involving Sreesanth and him, Harbhajan said: “Can we talk cricket?”

At the end of the day, players shake hands.

Cheerleaders giving boost to IPL

After promotion by bollywood stars its time of cheerleaders giving boost to Indian Premier League.  A new chapter is opening in Indian cricketing history with the IPL. It was first time when bidding was done on cricket players and now bringing cheerleaders like an item number in the Bollywood movies.

All teams particticipating in IPL is also on race of having best cheerleaders. With voting for best IPL team is going everywhere but also for Team having best cheerleaders. It seems assured that cricket’s old guard will not know what has hit it.
The Redskins cheerleaders have promised to deliver an entirely novel form of motivational dance — a blend of traditional all-American cheerleading moves and Indian “Bollywood hip-hop” steps, to add razzmatazz to the IPL.

Lisa Ince choreographing cheerleaders for the Wests Tigers, Melbourne Storm and the St George Illawarra Dragons got a call from Indian Agencies for getting hired as cheerleaders and in an hour it was a done deal.”The 12 cheerleaders, dressed in white tops, red tartan miniskirts and black knee-high boots, hail from Sydney and Melbourne.

“It was just crazy,” Ince said.

She was immediately struck by the reception from the vast Eden Gardens crowd, which included typical wolf-whistling and wild “The girls are just really excited and the crowd is really behind them.”

Melbourne Storm cheerleader Emily Runting said the crowd was “way bigger than the rugby and more noisy”.

“I didn’t know what to expect. It’s huge. It’s exciting,” she said.

Not only cheerleaders from abroad are participating in this league but Indian cheerleaders are also in this race. Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings also having there cheerleaders team. Lets see till how much height these cheerleaders gives boost to this game.

Some of pictures of cheerleaders in DLF IPL :

Cheerleaders of Deccan Chargers

Cheerleaders of Royal Challengers

Cheerleaders of Super Kings

Cheerleaders of Mumbai Indians