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Bhajji slapped with ban

Agencies, New, Delhi
Harbhajan Singh on Monday has been handed an 11-match ban for slapping Shanthakumaran Sreesanth at the end of Mumbai Indians' Indian Premier League match against Kings XI Punjab on Friday.
The ban, which includes Sunday's match, means he is all but out of the first edition of the IPL -unless Mumbai reach the semifinals of the tournament, which looks highly unlikely at this point.
25-year-old Sreesanth was let off with a warning after video evidence showed Harbhajan slapped him without any provocation. The duo embraced at the end of the hearing after Harbhajan offered an
apology in front of the cameras. Harbhajan will not be appealing against the ban. The two appeared to have made up by calling each other "brothers."
But match referee Farokh Engineer held a hearing on Monday after the Punjab team management lodged a formal complaint against Harbhajan to tournament officials.
"The referee studied video tapes of the incident and found the assault by Harbhajan was totally unprovoked. The footage exactly showed that Harbhajan, 27, went down the line, wishing all the players, shaking hands with a few players," said Lalit Modi, the commissioner of the 1PL who is also a vice-president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI).
"Srcesanth was the third player that he met. Instead of shaking his hand he actually slapped him and continued down the line, shaking hands with the other players."
Engineer, the former Indian wicketkeeper who was the match referee, fined Harbhajan 100 per cent of his match fee for Friday's
game. He will now be paid only for the first two matches of the IPL.
Laichand Rajput, the coach of the Mumbai side, has also been found guilty of a level 2 offence and fined 50 per cent of his match fee.
Rajput was right behind Harbhajan when the incident took place," said Modi. "He didn't take any step to restrain him. He has been fined 50 per cent of his match fee."
Harbhajan also faces separate action from the BCCI, which has asked him to explain, "as a contracted player", his role in the incident which came to light after Sreesanth broke down in front of the cameras.
Niranjan Shah, the BCCI secretary, said on Monday that Sudhir Nanavati, a lawyer, has been appointed to conduct a "preliminary inquiry" and submit a report "within 15 days" to Shared Pawar, the BCCI president, who will refer the findings to the board's disciplinary committee for possible action.
Shah also confirmed that Harbhajan had replied to the board's show-cause notice.
"He has given his reply, but I cannot reveal its contents."
Harbhajan could be charged by the BCCI under level 4 of the International Cricket Council's Code of Conduct which deals with assaulting a fellow player.
If found guilty, he could be banned for life or five Test matches or 10 one-day internationals.
"The BCCI will not hesitate to take action against Harbhajan just because he has already been punished by the tournament organisers," said Ratnakar Shetty, the BCCl's chief administrative officer.
"We want to show that such acts of indiscipline will not be tolerated."
Harbhajan was banned for three Tests earlier this year after being found guilty of making racist remarks against Australian allrounder Andrew Symonds, but was let off with a fine following an appeal to the ICC.