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BCCI imposes 5-ODI ban on Harbhajan Updated at: 1550 PST, Wednesday, May 14, 2008 NEW DELHI: Indian cricket board bans Harbhajan Singh for five ODIs for slapping India teammate S Sreesanth. Harbhajan will miss the tour of Bangladesh and two matches of Asia Cup in Pakistan. A copy of the report was given to him, who was heard by the Committee. The player admitted his guilt in the concerned matter. He prayed for leniency and assured the Committee that there would not be any misconduct on his part in the future. The Committee invoked Rule 3.2.1 of the BCCI Regulations for Players, Team officials, Managers, Umpires and Administrators. Under this provision, the maximum punishment that can be meted out to a player is 'a ban up to a maximum of 5 ODIs and / or 3 Test matches. ' The Committee accordingly decided to ban Mr. Harbhajan Singh for five one-day internationals, starting form today (14th May 2008), and further observed that any further instance of misconduct will invoke a life-ban.