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Harbhajan fine 50% India's Aussies tour continues

Appeals Commissioner, Justice Hansen from New Zealand, has heard the stump microphone recording.

Ricky Ponting left the hearing after deposing, and in what could a sign of a thaw in the relationship is that Sachin was escorted to the hearing by Cricket Australia chairman Creagh O' Connor.

The hearing began at Adelaide this morning at around 6 am IST.The controversy appears to have settled once for all and better cricket game shall be played in the best of spirit to entertain the cricket lover all over all the world.Peace settlement appears to come to sight as Harbhajan has been been fine fifty percent.The tour of Team India to Oz to continue.Acrimonous debate followed due to bad umpiring at Sydney tests with umpires asked to pull out from the rest of the test series.A controversy cricket on Harbhajan calling Andrew Symond withMonkey labeled as Monkey came in the ICC norms as racial absue on which Harbhajan was put to trial today at Adelaide.

Relation between the two titanic cricket playing nations did reach low ebb as medias of two countries attacked each other with stories and counter stories of lack of discipline within two teams.

Match played at Adelaide and Anil Kumle gesture to withdraw Hoggs remarks for which team India also filed a complaint made the spirit of game improved and world watched the two teams played the best at Oval ground.

Harbhajan is not cleared of the racist slur, BCCI has kept the option of curtailing the tour open, even if it invites a fine.

The BCCI is not happy with the decision to use transcripts of the stump microphone audio during the appeal. Since this evidence was not used in the first hearing.

The BCCI insists that if the racial charge is upheld then the tour will be called off. However they say that if the charge is converted to one of abuse then that would be acceptable.