BCCI CLEAN BOWLED BY HARBHAJAN'S DOOSRA

So, in the end, just a 5-ODI match ban for Harbhajan Singh. The maverick off-spinner must be overjoyed. Yes, overjoyed because he managed to pull all the rights strings in the BCCI to ensure that he escapes a more stringent punishment. So, who really turned the tables in favour of Harbhajan? Sachin Tendulkar? Maybe.

It's no secret in the cricketing circles that Bhajji is indeed the main guy in the Bombay Bomber's coterie (after Ajit Agarkar) since quite some time now. It was thanks to Tendulkar that the Punjab lad landed a lucrative contract with the Mumbai Indians despite his poor form this season.

As the investigations in the now infamous Harbhajan-Sreesanth episode began, rumours made the rounds at the Punjab Cricket Association that the Master Blaster had personally called up a few influential people in the Kings XI team management to make things easier for his IPL teammate.

Whatever the truth, it seems that BCCI did wilt under pressure . Harbhajan can sit back and relax in his Jalandhar home for now. Who would've wanted to tour Bangladesh in the heat of June anyways!