I mentioned this in a reply but thought it was worthy of restating.
Indians are probably aware that almost every Australian worships the ground that Sachin walks on (in cricketing terms of course) - his skill, his record in Australia, and his ability to perform on the big stage.
Given this, PLEASE can someone force/convince/cajole the BCCI to tell Sachin to come out publicly and say "I know for a fact that Harbhajan didn't say monkey and that it is all a misunderstanding". If this is the case, there is no reason why Sachin can't say this publicly (as it is the same information as he would give to Proctor, therefore not privileged information), and Australian minds would be put at ease, and we'd turn around and support the BCCI appealing to the ICC!
But when this supposed text SMS is found to be false, and proof comes out that Harbhajan said monkey to Symonds before, it's human nature to expect cynicism at our end!
