'Ponting acted like umpire', Harbhajan talks about controversial SCG Test

After facing a crushing defeat to Australia in the Boxing Day Test, Team India arrived in Sydney with fresh hope.

Rightly so, the visitors racked up 532 in the first innings in reply to Australia's 463.

As the match progressed, the Indians were on the receiving end with on-field umpires Steve Bucknor and Mark Benson making some bizarre decisions.

Besides the umpiring errors, the Australians were seen making unreasonable appeals.

In the second innings, former batsman Sourav Ganguly was caught by Michael Clarke in the slips.

Notably, the replay clearly showed the ball hitting the ground before the latter caught it.

However, Ponting seemed to have raised his finger before the umpire's final verdict.

Later on, the entire Indian camp was in agony.

During the Test, Symonds and Harbhajan were involved in a heated debate.

Symonds later claimed the Indian spinner threw a racist slur at him.

Although Harbhajan was handed a three-match ban by referee Mike Procter, the charges were later reduced as the evidence was found inconclusive.

At the post-match conference, then-captain Anil Kumble said, "Only one team was playing in the right spirit."

Harbhajan narrated the entire incident, stating he was wrongly accused.

"I and Symonds were very close to each other, only Tendulkar was close to us, there was no one else close to us," he said.

"When the hearing started, Matthew Hayden, Adam Gilchrist, Michael Clarke, and Ricky Ponting, all these four said that they heard what Harbhajan said to Symonds."