Indian board not yet considering tour suspension
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The Indian Cricket Board is planning to lodge an appeal after Singh was suspended for three matches. (AAP Image: Sergio Dionisio)
The Indian Cricket Board says it is not yet considering stopping its team's tour of Australia over the suspension of spinner Harbhajan Singh.
The Indian Cricket Board (BCCI) is planning to lodge an appeal after Singh was suspended for three matches by the International Cricket Council (ICC) for racially abusing Australia's Andrew Symonds.
The Indians have also expressed their anger about the umpiring in the second Test and there are reports in Indian media that umpire Steve Bucknor will not be officiating in the third Test in Perth.
The Board has released a statement saying it is suspending operations during the appeal, but the team's media manager, Dr MV Sridhar, says that does not mean the tour has been suspended.
"There's no talk of any suspension of the tour or anything like that, as of now," Dr Sridhar said.
"We will await and see how proceedings go."
The Indian team's next scheduled engagement is in Canberra, but Dr Sridhar says the team will stay in Sydney until it receives directions from the Board.
BCCI vice president Rajiv Shukla says the Perth Test is still on.
