Indian cricket authorities suspended the driving force behind the Premier League on Monday in a bid to stem an escalating tax and match-fixing crisis.

Pakistan's sports minister has complained to his Indian counterpart after Pakistani cricketers were snubbed at Tuesday's IPL auction.

India off-spinner Harbhajan Singh has been cleared of racial-abuse charges at a hearing in Australia, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) said on Tuesday. "He has been cleared -- the racial charge has been dropped against him," BCCI secretary Niranjan Shah said.

India will abandon the tour of Australia if spinner Harbhajan Singh is not cleared of racial abuse charges, a top Indian official said on Tuesday. Harbhajan was handed a three-Test ban by match referee Mike Procter after being found guilty of racially abusing Australia's Andrew Symonds during the acrimonious Sydney Test earlier this month.