Virendar Sehwag
Cannot play in the Third Test at Centurion Parkstarting November 24, 2001 besides having to cough up a fine of 75% of his match fees.

Sachin Tendulkar
Suspended one test match sentence and 75% of match fees as fine. Has to sit out one test if he repeats the offence of 'ball tampering'.

Harbhajan Singh
Suspended one test match sentence and 75% of match fees for excessive appealing.

Shiv Sunder Das
Suspended one test match sentence and 75% of match fees for excessive appealing

Deep Dasgupta
Suspended one test match sentence and 75% of match fees for excessive appealing.

Ganguly
Suspended sentence for one test match and two one-day matches for 'failing to control his team'

Sunil Gavaskar:
I cannot imagine Tendulkar being accused of something as serious as ball tampering. He is a sportsman to the core and will never do such a thing.

Geoffrey Boycott:
Why should Tendulkar tamper with the ball? He is not a bowler and at most would have bowled only three to four overs. I feel Mike (Denness) has a misplaced sense of creating history at the most inopportune time. The Indian team must forget it all and concentrate on the job at hand, which is to bat the fifth day out and save the Port Elizabeth test.

Ravi Shastri:
Only those who do not know Tendulkar would make such an allegation against him. Mike (Denness) must have thought about having a cup of tea in the company of the great Indian master and hence sought a meeting.

Pat Symcox:
I don't think Tendulkar with his over 10 years of international experience is daft to pick the seam of a cricket ball… knowing fully well that half-a-dozen cameras are constantly on him to cover each and every movement of the greatest contemporary cricket player. This is downright stupid and I feel the Indian team should focus on the job in hand.

Saurav Ganguly:
Tendulkar had a blemishless record and, for somebody who has played as long as the Mumbai maestro has, it was unthinkable he could have been tampering with the ball. Tendulkar had only been trying to remove the mud and dirt from the ball.

Different Strokes for Different Folks!
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Remember when the umpires look the other way even as…..

And recall the time punitive action was taken as….

Glen McGrath hurled abuse at Sachin Tendulkar in 1999 after getting him out?

Venkatesh Prasad exulted in sheer joy after claiming a key victim in 2000.

The mike caught Allan Donald's expletives hurled at Dravid in 1996-97?

Saurav Ganguly did the 'dance' before an Indian umpire seeking a favourable decision through an extended appeal against Zimbabwe 2000?

After being hit by a bouncer, Ricky Ponting ticked off Srinath openly in 2000?

Inzamam stared in stunned disbelief at being out LBW in England in the triangular series in 2001?

Michael Slater argued with umpire Venkatraghavan and Dravid in 2000?

Kumara Sangakkara opened his vocal chords to claim a victim against England last year?

Andre Nel openly abused Saurav Ganguly in the recent tri-nation series.

Sachin Tendulkar tried to remove dirt from around the seam?

Michael Atherton was caught on TV rubbing sands on the ball in 1993 against South Africa in England?

Virender Sehwag, Harbhajan Singh and Deep Dasgupta appealed for a catch off Shaun Pollock's foot?

Shaun Pollock literally lifted the umpire's finger on the strength of his appeal against SS Das and VVS Laxman in the ongoing test match?

And now, Captain Saurav Ganguly is at the receiving end as he was "not able to control his team"