ICC commissioner rejects Gambhir's appeal, BCCI is livid

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Gautam Gambhir's appeal against his one-Test ban has been upheld by International Cricket Council's (ICC) lead appeals commissioner Justice Albie Sachs's, but the Indian cricket board has rejected the order.

The Board of Control for cricket in India (BCCI), however, is livid that the appeals commissioner has neither heard the player nor acceded to his request for some documents and recording to be given to him. Sachs also refused to give Gambhir some time to present his case.

Justice Sachs upheld Match referee Chris Borad's decision to ban Gambhir for one Test for elbowing Shane Watson while taking a run in the third Test in Delhi.

Meanwhile, the Australian media and the team seemed to have worked overtime to see Gambhir did not play in the fourth and the last Test at Nagpur, starting on Thursday.

Gambhir is the leading run-scorer in the series and Hussey said the opener had exceeded the Australians' expectations by balancing his exuberant strokeplay with batting discipline.

The Australian media quoted an ICC spokesman expressing his inability to say whether Gambhir's appeal would be decided before the fourth Test, a game that they have to win to square the series and retain the Border-Gavaskar Trophy.

Michael Hussey is quoted in the Sydney Morning Herald as describing Gambhir as a "punchy" character who goes looking for verbal fights. He said it would be frustrating if he is allowed to play in the series decider because of the protracted ICC appeals process.
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