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Harbhajan and Gill have five things in common. 1. Both are Sikhs.
2. Both are related to sports 3. Both got insults on the same 28th of April. 4. Both are victims of Punjab. The former lost 2.6 crores because of a complaint lodged by ‘AN Australian and film actress’ owned Punjab kings XI and the latter because of a stubborn stand by a Punjabi MS Gill. 5. Both are responsible for their present fate.

What a slap? worth 2.6 crores. Probably his name will come in Guinness book of records for scoring the most expensive slap in the world. May be Oxford dictionary 2009 edition will have a new definition for slap as ‘ what Harbajan gave sreesant for 2.6 crores’. Some newspapers and channels are still not satisfied. They want him banned for ever. Ridiculous. The Europeans know how to preserve their sportsmen. Inspite of a worldwide display of on play aggression by Zidane he is revered in France and all over. Their sports body dealt with the situation such. Here we punish him because of a fear of ridicule from abroad.

Now how does Harbhajan offset his loss? He should negotiate with Sony max. If the slap is worth 2.6 crores what must be the worth of the video which has it? Being the principle actor of this very expensive short film, he deserves a handsome amount which should be at least 2.6 crores. He can also apply for a copyright for the video and also for the word’slap’. If he wins anyone who slaps in the world wherever may have to pay him some pittance and the cumulative amount by this may become his profit. Now sonymax can sell this video to channels like Timesnow, ABC, BBC, RBC, WBC etc and selling multiple copies should fetch them atleast 10 crores. They can sell rights area wise. Timesnow can get back the money or even get a profit by displaying advertisements as ‘ This slap is sponsored by….’ They also can proudly claim that they were the first to slap the nation. They can put Breaking news caption for atleast two days with this video. Similarly this video should sell like hot cake in Australia. Dvd’s can be sold with title ‘The Century slap’ or ‘The return of the monkey’ or ‘The wise caption’s knock’

Now what does poor Harbhajan do this summer, jobless? May be a guilty sreesant will sponsor a soothing massage for him in the land of gods- Kerala. Or the guilty actress may present him with dvd’d of her films which he can see in recluse. Or may be a guilty prince [sorry not rahul] will present him with some slapstick film dvd’s. Now fame and money may follow him without playing.

I think Australia should give a honorary citizenship for shreesant for being instrumental in giving such a moral boost to Australian press. They also in typical Indian style name a street in name of Tom Moody and the Australian CEO of Kings XI for helping in the ban. They should declare Tax free for any film starring zinda and also allow her to shoot in any place in Australia free of cost.

Truly what a slap

Call it the Divine Justice, fairy tale or whatever the two finals are life time achievements for Harbhajan and he will never forget these finals.

Two men, Andrew Symonds and Hayden were extremely inhuman to him. The former saw an animal in his unspoken words and the latter saw weeds in him, as a person. The former complained and an over friendly match refree banned Harbhajan for a few matches. BCCI fought for harbhajan and ensured that the racial slur accusation is removed from his name. Otherwise it would have been an irreparable loss to Singh and the country’s image.

Then the Australian media started haunting him., The obnoxious interview of Hayden and the scratch by him increased the acidic response from the Australian media. No other personality was flashed across the front and back pages of Australian newspapers as much as Harbhajan. There was a separate camera covering him in the second final.

Just like how Murali was insulted and troubled they tried it on him. Murali took it on his stride worked his way and subjected himself to further humiliations to clear the chucking slurs. But the turbanotor is built with different nerves. On the one hand he let his performance give a fitting reply. He took the wicket of Andrew in both the finals. And he took Hayden’s wicket in the first and was the most instrumental in Hayden’s run out in the second finals. He also gave back in the same kind be it ricky ponting, hayden or whom so ever. This bold man is what India is made of today. Gentle only till provoked. He has made all sardars proud and hats off to him.

In an on the field Interview he Quoted Guru Gobind Singh and said ‘Sawa lakh se ek ladaun, Tabe Gobind Singh naam kahaun’ [One Sikh is enough for 125,000 people]”.
and that is what he achieved here. “I love challenges and though people were booing me, I tried to ignore it,” he said in the aftermath of India beating Australia 2-0 in the CB Series finals.

“I don’t know what will happen to the Australian media without Bhajji [Harbhajan],” Dhoni said with a smile. “He was always there on the front page.He became a Michael Jackson sort of personality.” Dhoni felt that Harbhajan, and the rest of the Indians, grew stronger in the face of criticism.”The Aussie media criticism worked in our favour and we got used it after almost three months.”

Click the photo for an animation cartoon- The Australian

The Aussies would have learnt that Sardars are good when friends and deadly when enemies. Punjab should be proud of their son.

The highlight of the first Indo Australia CB series finals is not only Sachin’s first century in Australia; it is not only the emphatic win by India but also the poetic justice delivered by Harbhajan. He took two wickets and both his victims were his anti propagandists. The obnoxious weed plucked the titled and also finished the scoring of his monkey mate.

Sydney Morning Herald claims that harbhajan showed monkey gestures and also spat at the crowd and is thus starting a new racial drama. It claims he scratched with both hands similar to the one exhibited by crowds in Mumbai and then repeated it with one hand which was shot by the newspaper. Of course this photo is no evidence of any abuse since scratching in armpit is not illegal in any court of justice. And if there is a photo, which showed him using two hands as claimed by the paper then we may have some trouble.

Harbhajan not only bowled well but also took two prize wickets and was thus very instrumental in our win. Australian Media has a reputation of creating such ruckus whenever their team is down. Hayden in his weed interview said Indians were losing and that is why they are misbehaving. That was proved wrong once again. And the world should not forget that by roping in the umpires to their side they snatched a sure win for India and won the 16th match in their equalizer test record.

Most weeds are itchy and so Hayden should come to his rescue. And Australia is down and it is high time they take the weeds out of their mind and should start behaving like Humans first and then gentle.

What do you call some thing, which keeps climbing the tree of disrepute, and which ridicules and shows faces. In India we call it a monkey.

Well Sunday March 2nd is surely a great day for Indian Cricket. There were only roses. Fist came the news of the Australia win and then a surprise win in U19 Finals. And each lad in the team is richer by 15 lakhs courtesy BCCI. It is a great feat and a good gesture. But I sincerely hope the lads keep their foot in Earth and build on this success. They will now receive great offers from IPL and ICL and This young millionaires may then be tempted to settle down early. Or may be more money may motivate them to build better castles.

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Dear Bhajji,

Hi, How are you today. I am writing this letter to express my gratitude for saying what I heard, or for saying something which made me hear what I heard. That animal has got me one more million.

I am really shocked but now I understand the power of that Hindu god. I uttered the word, which I thought you said more than you, because I had to complain. And thus I get more than you, In fact much more than Ricky also. Can you please suggest any one temple of the god near Hyderabad? I plan to build a temple in Australia and may be sport a dollar with this new icon. The whole Australia woke up today to understand the power of your God. And now I know what is in a name.

I have started loving your country. You people are great. First you call me names, then pardon HOGG and now make me a millionaire. No other country has ever done this and I am sure will never do.

The only thing I am worried now is the envy and anger in our dressing room, which may happen now. But I am sure HE will take care. He sent you in time to utter what I heard or may be utter what you said you did, but resulting in me hearing what I said you said and thus made me utter his race more than anyone else in world cricket. And see I have reaped benefits. Now I wonder how Dhoni got more than me.

Well see you in India.

Jai Hanuman.

Yours sledgingly,

Andrew.

ps: This is not what he wrote, but what he would have written if he ever wrote to harbhajan.

Breaking News: India has won the Perth test by 72 runs. This is the best reply to Australia’s bullying’s in Sydney. Now Australia will require 17 consecutive test victories to break and create a record.Australia, needing 413 to win, were 340 for all out with 72 runs short of the target. India became the first country from the sub-continent to have defeated Australia at Perth. The Aussies have been forced to taste defeat at W.A.C.A for the first time in 10 years. It was India, who put brakes on Steve Waugh’s record streak and it’s again India who have quashed Ponting’s chances to be the skipper with the most consecutive Test wins. Beating Australia also becomes all the more remarkable especially after being 2-0 down in the series and the on and off field events that could have easily taken the focus away from the game.Anil Kumble said after the win: “Brilliant effort by team, it is special to win at Perth,’WE’LL SQUARE SERIES’ Everyone contributed in this win.
IRFAN PATHAN WHO TOOK THREE WICKETS AND SCORED WELL IS THE MAN OF THE MATCH. He scored 46 and 28 and took two wickets in first innings.
This weekend all news channels will be in a very happy mood and will compete with cricket comments and glorious praise on kumble boys. The advertisers and sponsors will be making merry.
Fox sports news:AUSTRALIA have again crashed back to earth at the hands of India after the tourists capped a superb performance at the WACA Ground with victory in the third Test by 72 runs.

Chasing 413 to extend their winning streak to 17, Australia could never mount a prolonged challenge at their shot at history, and were all out for 340 after some late slogging by the tailenders.

Just like they did in Kolkata in 2001, India snapped an Australia winning streak of 16, and like that win, this victory will rate as one of their best of modern times.
Comments written by readers in The Sunday times perth Australia.
Posted by: dave of scarborough 4:24pm today
well raj, i’ll be interested in your comments given the dreadful decisions against hussey and symonds in this innings. do you reckon we should spit the dummy like the Indian team in the second test and claim bias, demanding that umpires are dropped ? should we threaten to boycott the next match? i think you’ll find the aussie team has somewhat more dignity and sportsmanship than that. it’s always interesting comparing reactions in similar situations.

Posted by: Arijit of Delhi 4:54pm today

Yeah Dave, you do that (Boycott i.e.) and while you are at it, take a look at the Sachin and Dhoni LBW dismissals also. Same mistakes, different teams - so it evens out I guess, unlike Sydney where it was Umpires and Australia 9 - India 1.
Posted by: Andy of Seattle, USA 5:11pm today
knoew someone will ask this question to the Indian supporters…. But you have to admit that these are common mistakes that umpires make in all games..The ones in sydney were a bit too much…(Ever seena n umpire asking the fielding captain whther or not to give out)… (Ever seen the 3rd umpire giving not out inspite of the whole world watching it on slow motion )… Coming back to Perth test, the umpires gaveTendulakt out when he was not…. even if umpires make mistakes, they are okay as long they are not all made against one team.. BTW, I’m from a neutral country and only love GOOD cricket, no matter who is playing it…

For all comments see The Sunday Times

Adding insult to injury, According to the ICC Code of Conduct regulations governing over-rate penalties, the Australian players were fined five per cent of their match fees for every over their side failed to bowl in the allotted time. The captain was fined double that amount.So, Ponting was fined 20 per cent of his match fee while the other Aussie players were fined 10 per cent of their match fee