Eleven years ago, the infamous slap traumatized S Sreesanth and Harbhajan Singh finally confessed slapping S Sreesanth was a mistake and that he shouldn’t have done what he did.
More than a decade after the infamous incident that took place in the inaugural edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL), Harbhajan Singh, a spin stalwart, felt sorry about S slapping. Sreesanth. Sreesanth. The incident occurred in a match between Mumbai Indians and Kings XI Punjab in IPL 2008 when a mischievous Harbhajan slapped Sreesanth on the pitch and subsequently apologized in the KXIP dressing room.
Then Harbhajan played for the Indians of Mumbai while Sreesanth represented the Kings XI Punjab. Eleven years on, Bhajji, one of India’s most successful off-spinners, deeply regrets the incident and feels he shouldn’t have done what he did. He calculated that if there was one thing in life that he could correct, it would be “Slapgate. ”
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“Whatever happened with Sreesanth.. me and him on the field.. lot of people talk about that incident now,” Harbhajan told Behindwoods Air. “If I have to go back and rectify something in my life, I would correct that. I shouldn’t have done that.”
“That was a mistake and I am sorry about that. It shouldn’t have happened. Sreesanth is a top guy and he had so much of skill. My best wishes to Sreesanth and his wife and to their children. No matter what people say, I am still your brother,” Harbhajan added.
