Kirshnakale ji. Seeing  the heated debate between harbhajan and symonds in the field and  somersaults of harbhajan like a chimp after taking the wicket of ricky ponting clearly says whatever he said clearly meant it.   Harbhajan is the only player in the team who is  most likely to commit this sin. Players like Dravid , sachin, kumble  are very decent but as far as harbhajan is concerned i am sure he must have said something to upset australian.

 something was cooking behind the curtain and it was almost certain that his charge would have been dropped. Everything seemed so scripted.

Offspinner's three-Test ban lifted

Australia incensed by Harbhajan reprieve

Cricinfo staff

January 29, 2008

	The stony faces of Australia's cricketers tell a story, as Harbhajan Singh's racism charge is dropped © Getty Images

Harbhajan Singh's exoneration for his alleged "monkey" comment towards Andrew Symonds has been hailed as a victory for justice in India, but the decision has incensed Australia's cricketers, who believe their board has caved in to overwhelming pressure from the game's financial superpower.

In a front-page article in Wednesday's Sydney Morning Herald, an unnamed Australian cricketer has hit out at the decision, which was only reached after Cricket Australia persuaded their five players at the hearing to downgrade their charge against Harbhajan from racism to abusive language. Instead of being banned for three Tests as per the original verdict, he was fined 50% of his match fee.

"The thing that pisses us off is that it shows how much power India has," the anonymous contracted player told the paper. "The Aussie guys aren't going to make it [the accusation] up. The players are frustrated because this shows how much influence India has, because of the wealth they generate. Money talks."

In what the paper described as a "brazen act of provocation", the Indian board chartered a plane to whisk their one-day squad from Melbourne - the venue for Friday's Twenty20 fixture - to Adelaide, so that they could fly home to India if the charges against Harbhajan were not dropped. The move was described by MV Sridhar, the team's assistant manager, as a "show of solidarity".

Friday's match alone - the curtain-raiser for the lucrative CB Series - is expected to attract a crowd in excess of 90,000, and Cricket Australia, fearing the loss of millions of dollars in TV rights, sponsorship and gate takings, opted not to call India's bluff. It was also believed to be under pressure from broadcasters who could have sued had the series been abandoned.