Re: 2nd Test: India v Pakistan at Kolkata - Nov 30-Dec 4, 2
For those who think Bedi is singling out Murali -
“He [Harbhajan] is not any different,” Bedi told The Sun-Herald yesterday. "The ICC is turning a blind eye to both of them.
"A lot of people have questioned Harbhajan’s action and they are right to. He has the same problem as Murali. This is cricket’s greatest tragedy.
"Throwing is being allowed to happen in front of 30,000 and 40,000 people. Chucking is a bigger disgrace than match-fixing because it is done out in the open.
“Harbhajan is also surviving on the 15-degree allowance. They’re having a ball, these bowlers. And young bowlers on the subcontinent are coming through and they are copying the actions of Harbhajan and Muralitharan. These boys will be Test cricketers one day and the ICC is going to have a hell of a problem.”
Harbhajan will arrive in Australia later this month as the spearhead of a supreme Indian slow bowling attack that also includes Anil Kumble and Murali Kartik.
He has been spared much of the scathing criticism directed at Muralitharan because he is less successful, but 241 wickets from 58 Tests is still a formidable record.
His action is not as blatant as Muralitharan’s but it would struggle to be legal without the 15-degree law.