Harbhajan Singh is on fire in Australia. The former Indian off-spinner is currently working as a commentator and is leaving no chance of exposing the legendary Australian players for their involvement in cheating against India in the 2007-08 tour. Despite being a better team, India were undone by some shocking umpiring and dubious acts of the home players, with Ricky Ponting leading from the front. He claimed bump catches and even influenced umpires,
One of the wrong decisions ended Rahul Dravid’s innings in the first Test of the series in Sydney. He missed a straight ball from Andrew Symonds, and Gilchrist started claiming the match. The Indian batter was given his marching orders in the second innings, and the player couldn’t believe it. The replays also confirmed that there was no edge, and the umpire got it wrong. Speaking about the incident. Bhajji urged everyone to stop calling the wicket-keeper a saint cricketer.
“He is often praised for walking off after nicking the ball. For me, he was not a saint, and we should stop praising him. He was also involved in cheating against India in that Sydney Test. He knew that Dravid didn’t nick the ball but still claimed the catch. It was because of him umpire declared the batter out. If he was so good, why did he appeal on that day?
“On one hand he used to walk off to show the world that he was a good person, but on the other hand, he was involved in cheating. India were not playing against 11 players on that but against 13 ( two umpires). We could have easily drawn the game but ended up losing because of what happened on the field,” he said on Star Sports.
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