Form India Spinner Harbhajan Singh Has Opened Up About the Infamous ‘Slapgate’ Involving S Sreesanth During The Inaugural Edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) in 2008. In the Fiery Altercation, Harbhajan Singh, Who was playing for the mumbai Indians, Slapped the Kings Punjab (now Punjab Kings) Fast Bowler Sreesanth after a league match in the IPL 2008.
The lively moment led to Harbhajan’s suspension for the rest of the tournament by the BCCI. Now Harbhajan has called the incident one of his greatest regrets. Speaking in a frank interaction with Ravichandran Ashwin during his YouTube show, the former Spinner admitted that if he could erase for a moment of his life, it would be the “slapgate” incident.
Harbhajan Singh calls Slapgate incident his greatest regret
Despite several apologies over the years, the former World Cup winner admitted that the incident has always hurt him, and he really feels bad in 2008. Harbhajan admitted that the situation should never have degenerated at this level and accepted his error.
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Even if Tempers has flared itself and the emotions took over in this IPL match, Harbhajan stressed that such behavior had no place in the game, it doesn’t matter how much you are provoked. Over the years, the former Indian Off-Spinner boarding school apologized over and off the field, but the incident remains a stain on his decorated career.
Harbhajan Singh breaks down after the daughter of Sreesanth refused to speak to her
Meanwhile, Harbhajan also shared an emotional moment which deeply affected him years after the infamous IPL slap incident with Sreesanth. He recalled how the meeting of Sreesanth’s daughter left her broken when she refused to speak to her because of what happened with her father.
Harbhajan Singh told Ravichandran Ashwin on his Youtube channel: “What hurt me, even after many years is when I met his daughter and I was talking to her with a lot of love, and she said:” I don’t want to talk to you. You hit my father. My heart was broken, and I was wondering tears.
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I always apologize to the daughter of Sreesanth: Harbhajan Singh
The incident made Harbhajan think about how he remembers those who are close to Sreesanth, especially his daughter, who sees him as the person who injured his father. He expressed his deep regret and said that he always wanted to do things and hopes that one day, she will not see him in the same negative light, and that is the reason why he wants to erase this moment of his life forever.
Harbhajan signed by saying: “I always apologize to his daughter that I can do nothing. I continue to say to him: “But if there is something I can do so that you feel better and that you trust this kind of person, tell me. I wish when she grows, she doesn’t see me in the same light.