18 years had passed, Harbhajan Singh’s video of slapping S Sreesanth remained a mystery. The video of that incident in 2008 was released by Lalit Modi, former chairman of IPL in the year 2025. As soon as this video surfaced, there was panic in the cricket world. After slapping, pictures of S Sreesanth’s cry continued to go viral on the internet for years. Now that everything has come in front, here you know how hard BCCI sentenced Harbhajan Singh 18 years ago.

What punishment did Harbhajan Singh get?

In IPL 2008, Harbhajan Singh, Mumbai Indians and S Sreesanth used to play for King XI Punjab (now Punjab Kings). After the slap incident, the Punjab team complained to the match referee. The match referee Farooqh was an engineer, who found Harbhajan guilty of Level 4.2 under the IPL code of conduct during the investigation.

Harbhajan Singh was banned from the remaining matches of IPL 2008 as a sentence. Another punishment was that he was not given any salary for the 2008 season. As a result, Harbhajan was able to play only three matches in IPL 2008. However, later Harbhajan accepted his mistake and also apologized to Sreesanth.

BCCI also sentenced severe punishment

The Board of Control for Cricket in India also adopted a very strict attitude on the matter. The BCCI’s disciplinary committee found Harbhajan Singh guilty under Rule 3.2.1. He was banned for five ODIs. At the same time, he also got warning that if he does such an act in future, he can be banned for a lifetime.

Lalit Modi has released the actual unseen ground footage of Harbhajan Slapping Sreesanth in IPL 2008.

All my life i thought it was a really hard slap pic.twitter.com/e23pps4nr2

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Harbhajan Singh slapped S Sreesanth, this dispute has been alive in the minds of cricket fans for years. So far no video of it was revealed, but former Indian Premier League chairman Lalit Modi has finally released the video of Harbhajan’s slap (Harbhajan Singh Slap Sreesanth Video). But what happened on the ground at that time, and why did Harbhajan slap Sreesanth.

Why did Harbhajan slap?

This is later in IPL 2008, when the match was played between Mumbai Indians and Kings XI Punjab (now Punjab Kings). In that match, Punjab had won a big win of 66 runs. Harbhajan Singh captained in the first 3 matches of the tournament, but Mumbai lost all three matches. Actually, Sreesanth took 2 wickets in that match and was seen celebrating the wicket in a very aggressive manner. Troubled by this aggression, Harbhajan slapped Sreesanth.

The video revealed shows that after the match, when both the teams were handing the handshake, Harbhajan slapped Sreesanth’s cheek with reverse. The Punjab team complained against Harbhajan, after which the match referee found Harbhajan guilty of misbehavior and was banned from the rest of the tournament. Along with this, he did not get the salary of the entire season.

Who released the video

Recently, former IPL chairman Lalit Modi, while discussing with former Australian cricketer Michael Clarke, telecasted the video of Harbhajan Singh slapping Sreesanth. This video has created panic in the cricket world.

A Never Seen Before Clip of Harbhajan Singh Slapping Sreesanth in IPL 2008 Match
Rarest clip is out now!
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Harbhajan Singh Slappagate Video Released: For the first time, the video of the battle of two veteran players of Indian cricket Harbhajan Singh and Sreesanth has come out. Lalit Modi, founder and former chairperson of the Indian Premier League, has shared this video. In this video, Harbhajan Singh is seen hitting Sreesanth back slaps. This video is from the year 2008, the first season of the IPL, when Harbhajan Singh from Mumbai Indians and Sreesanth from Kings XI Punjab were face to face.

Harbhajan Singh slaps Sreesanth

Lalit Modi has a video of Harbhajan Singh’s Sreesanth in an interview to former Australian cricket team captain Michael Clarke. Lalit Modi said that ‘that match was over. All the cameras were also closed, only one of them had a security camera on. In this, marriage was captured between Sreesanth and Bhajji. Bhajji hit Sreesanth a back-hander, this is the video of that ‘. In this video, Irfan Pathan and Mahela Jayawardene are seen intervening.

The famous slap in my podcast with @Mclarke23 on #Beyond23 – Part 3 of My Podcast. I love @harbhajan_singh – but after 17 years it was time to reveal it. Lots and lots more to reveal but that will now only be in the movie that’s in the works supervised by @Sneharajani on my… pic.twitter.com/ehpairaz0f

– Lalit Kumar Modi (@Lalitkmodi) August 29, 2025

Even after 17 years, Harbhajan Singh regrets Singh

Former India spin bowler Harbhajan Singh also revealed the matter in an interview given to Ravichandran Ashwin. Harbhajan had said that ‘I want to change one of my life, it is a dispute with Sreesanth. I want to remove this incident from my life. What happened was wrong and I should not have done this. I have apologized 200 times. I still feel very bad for that incident. Wherever I get the stage, I can apologize for him, it was a mistake ‘.

Sreesanth’s daughter apologized

Harbhajan Singh further told that once after years I met Sreesanth’s daughter. I tried to talk to him with great love and tried to talk. But he told me that he does not want to talk to me, because I killed his father. I was completely broken after hearing this. I asked myself how I have affected the mind of this girl. She must be considering me very bad. After this, I also apologized to his daughter.

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