As per this calculation, the player, termed 'Turbanator' by the Aussie press, stands to lose Rs 2.671 crore -- or close to Rs 25 lakh per match -- for the 11 outings he will miss following the verdict by IPL match referee and former Test stumper Farokh Engineer.
It must rank among the costliest-ever slaps in world history, and certainly a record-setting one in cricket!
The lone consolation, if it can be called so, is that the man who handed out the punishment also hailed him as the best-ever off-spinner India has produced.
One wonders what legendary predecessor Erapalli Prasanna, Engineer's one-time teammate and pal, would make of the statment, not to speak of another great who's among Harbhajan's staunchest critics -- Bishen Singh Bedi!
Source: http://www.rediff.com/cricket/2008/apr/28crore.htm
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