Known for his provoking comments, former Indian spin legend, Bishan Singh Bedi, has this time accused 'turbanator' Harbhajan Singh of chucking. Bedi said, like Muralitharan and Shoaib Akhtar, Harbhajan's action too is suspicious and the International Cricket Council (ICC) should not ignore this fact. Criticizing ICC for turning a blind eye to these players' bowling action Bedi said that a lot of young bowlers in the sub-continent has started copying the bowling action of these players, these boys will be Test cricketers one day and the ICC is going to have a hell of a problem.
Bedi considers that chucking is a major problem than match fixing and ICC should pay heed to this menace in international cricket. "Chucking is a bigger disgrace than match-fixing because it is done out in the open. It is the scourge of cricket and must be stopped. Match-fixing was disgraceful but no one knew about it, so nothing could be done. Throwing is being allowed to happen in front of 30,000 and 40,000 people," said the former cricketer who has taken 266 wicket in 67 test matches.
Speaking on the new 15 degree rule imposed by ICC in 2005, Bedi said that earlier spinners were permitted to straighten their arms by only five degrees, medium pacers 7.5 degrees and fast bowlers 10 degrees, but the new rule is an allowance to players like Murali, Harbhajan and Akhtar. Australian speedster Brett Lee has also aroused fleeting suspicions of throwing in the past but Bedi said Lee's action is clean.
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