No one can forget the dispute between Harbhajan Singh and Sreesanth in IPL and it is always remembered during IPL even today. However, Harbhajan later regretted his actions.
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New Delhi: The Indian Premier League (IPL) was started in the year 2008. This league created a buzz as soon as it came. It was raining runs in the very first match. Brendon McCullum of Kolkata Knight Riders had scored a stormy century in the very first match. Everything was going well in the first season but then there was a controversy which shook the entire cricket world and even today that story is remembered. It has got a place in the biggest controversies of IPL. We are talking Harbhajan Singh And about the dispute between S.Sreesanth.
This was the controversy when Harbhajan slapped Sreesanth. While Harbhajan was a part of the Mumbai Indians captained by Sachin Tendulkar at that time, Sreesanth played for Kings XI Punjab (now Punjab Kings) captained by Yuvraj Singh.
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This led to controversy
In the first season of IPL, Mumbai faced Punjab. Mumbai’s regular captain Sachin Tendulkar was not playing in this match. In such a situation, Harbhajan was captaining the team. The match was at Mohali Stadium. Punjab won the match by 66 runs. When both the teams were shaking hands after the match, Sreesanth said something to Harbhajan that Harbhajan got angry and slapped Sreesanth. . After this, Sreesanth was shown crying on TV. VRV Singh was silencing them.
After this incident, BCCI took strict action against Harbhajan and banned him for the whole season. Later, Sreesanth had said about this that he did not want Harbhajan to be banned and he had also said this in front of Sudhindra Nanavati, the commissioner appointed by the BCCI to investigate the matter, that he did not want Harbhajan to be banned. Let’s do.
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Harbhajan had regrets
Harbhajan, however, later regretted his act. He has accepted this over the years that if he wanted to correct a mistake in his life, he would Sreesanth was slapped. Harbhajan had also said that he should not have done this work. He had said that this was the biggest mistake of his life.
