We read:
"International Cricket Council appeals commissioner Justice John Hansen found claims that Harbhajan called Australia's Andrew Symonds a "monkey" during the second Test could not be proven.
The result means India have withdrawn a pledge to abandon their tour of Australia if Harbhajan's initial guilty verdict for racial vilification wasn't overturned.
It also allows Harbhajan to escape the tar of being the first subcontinental cricketer banned from Test matches for racial abuse - a tag that caused extreme anger among India's political and cricketing hierarchy.
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Having a billion people on your side seems to have been influential.
