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They should have banned him for at least year or so including his international matches(but knowing our money minded gutless BCCI it is never going to happen)
PCB is far better than us in this regard though(i am talking about bold decision to ban Shoaib Akthar for 5 Years)
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This is the verdict of Farooq Engineer, the IPL match referee for that match. However, BCCI has ordered a separate inquiry into it and Bhajji can still be banned from ODIs and tests after that.
Sreesanth's career was also at stake but very interestingly Bhajji bailed him by stating that the attack was entirely unprovoked. Sree had abused some Mumbai players in that game and had Bhajji said that it was the reason why he was angry, Sree would have been punished as well.
Lalchand Rajput, who was standing behind Bhajji when it happened and did not act at that time has been fined 50% of his match fees.
BTW this slap has cost Harbhajan Singh $750,000. Quite a costly slap.