Harbhajan gets slap on wrist, Sreesanth is told to behave

The BCCI disciplinary committee, which was handed the probe report yesterday by the Board-appointed commissioner Sudhir Nanavati, said Harbhajan would be out of five ODIs. This follows the 11-game suspension imposed on him earlier by the IPL governing council.

The 5-match ODI ban means that Harbhajan will miss next month’s tri-series in Bangladesh and possibly a game in the Asia Cup to follow.

The BCCI also wrote a letter to Sreesanth, telling him to improve his behaviour on the field or face action.

Harbhajan was asked to appear before the committee at 2.30 pm. “Everything was planned but we kept it away from the media,” BCCI chief Sharad Pawar said.