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Tuesday, May 13, 2008

Sudhir Nanavati Submits report on Slapgate Incident!

Sudhir Nanavathi submitted his report to BCCI on the slapgate incident involving Harbhajan and Sreesanth.

He met both Sreesanth and Harbhajan separately and did a complete inquiry into the incident. He was given 15 days to complete the enquiry and submit the report.

He said, he was nervous while preparing the report. The report is of 14 pages and has been submitted to the BCCI,

The report will be given to Sharad Pawar, the president and he will forward that to the disciplinary committee.

He said, he did not recommend any punishment and it will be taken care by disciplinary committee.

The rumour is that Harbhajan will not be given life ban, but he faces either a year ban or ban for 5 test matches or 10 ODIs.

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Saturday, May 10, 2008

Sudhir Nanavathy Completes Enquiry!

Sudhir Nanavathy completed his enquiry into the slapgate incident involving Harbhajan and Sreesanth. He met both the players and collected all the information required.

Sreesanth was slapped by Harbhajan after the match between Mumbai Indians and Kings XI Punjab in Mohali, in which Kings XI beat Mumba Indians.

Sreesanth was crying in the ground caught by TV cameras and later found that he was slapped by Bhajji and hence was crying.

Farooq Engineer, the match referee found Bhajji guilty, in fact, he pleaded guilty and was banned for 11 IPL matches and fined 100% of his match fees.

BCCI appointed Sudhir Nanavathy to do a complete enquiry and submit a report. He met both the players and also saw the video clipping from the offcial broadcaster.

The investigation is over and now I don't need to talk to any player or official in this case," Nanavati said after meeting both the players on Friday. "I'm satisfied with the answers of both Sreesanth and Harbhajan. I've all the evidence that I need to prepare the report.

"I talked to Harbhajan for one hour and 15 minutes and 30 minutes with Sreesanth. They were quite friendly during the hearing."

An Ahmedabad-based lawyer, Nanavati is also vice-president of the Gujarat Cricket Association and chairman of the BCCI's finance committee.

He is expected to submit his report on Monday, May 12, 2008.

Sudhir Nanavathi Sees Video Clipping!

Sudhir Nanavathy, appointed by BCCI for doing a complete enquiry into the slagate incident involving Harbhajan and Sreesanth.

In the match played betwen Kings XI Punjab and Mumbai Indians in Mohali on April 25, Kings XI beat Mumbai Indians. After the victory, TV cameras captured live pictures of Sreesanth crying in the ground. The preliminary inquiry revealed that he was slapped by Harbhajan.

Though Harbhajan and Sreesanth denied the slapping and downplayed the event, the IPL took the issue seriously and asked match referee Farooq Engineer to do an investigation and submit findings. Before the investigation, both of them said, they are like brothers, and in fact Sreesanth said, "he has the right to do what he did." What a comment?

It was said that the incident was officially reported by Kings XI Punjab.

Before the investigation, Bhajji sent a letter to BCCI explaining that he is guilty and wanted to be pardoned.

During the investigation by match referee Farooq Engineer, he pleaded guilty of slapping Sreesanth. This made his job easy and submitted the report to the chairman and chief officer of IPL, Lalit Modi.

Lalit Modi slapped a 11-match ban in IPL and also fined him 100% of his match fee. This meant, he cannot play in the IPL anymore for this season and has to lose 3-crores of his contract money that he would have otherwise earned.

Since IPL is part of the BCCI, Sudhir Nanavathi was appointed by BCCI to do a complete inquiry and if he is found guilty, he could face a life ban or 5 test matches ban or a 11 one day ban.

Sudhir Nanavathi saw the TV footage and said that he was surprised and shocked to see the incident. There was no provacation captured in the video. Next is the meeting with both the players and if required interviewing few players.

Harbhajan asks for one more chance!

Harbhajan has sent several letters to BCCI asking for forgiveness. He has said in the letter that he has apologized for the incident and is ready to give an open public apology.

He asked for forgiveness and be given a chance to play again and have the charges being dropped.

He has mentioned that he has been punished by IPL and request forgiveness from BCCI. Sreesanth already mentioned that he forgot everything about this incident and does not want to complain. He just wanted to continue the game.

Though BCCI confirmed receiving letters, everyone is in the mood of punishing him as slaping a co-player is not acceptable for any reason.

He has to go through the enquiry by BCCI to be conducted by Sudhir Nanavathi.