Harbhajan Singh and S Sreesanth’s ‘Thappad scandal’ becomes a trending topic from time to time. Harbhajan slapped Sreesanth after the end of Mumbai Indians vs Punjab Kings match in IPL 2008. In an exclusive interview given to ABP, Sreesanth took the name of Harbhajan Singh and said that some relationships are such that they are far from good.

This statement of former cricketer Sreesanth has come at a time when a few days ago he had given an open challenge to Harbhajan to fight in the ring. Actually, Sreesanth is associated with ‘Bare Knuckle Fight League’ and he said that the slapping incident of 2008 should be settled inside the ring.

So much money, no one could believe it – Sreesanth

In a special conversation with ABP, Sreesanth told that when a bid of 6 lakh 25 thousand US dollars was placed on him in the 2008 IPL auction, no one was able to believe how such a high bid could be made on a fast bowler. Let us tell you that this amount was equal to approximately Rs 2.5 crore in Indian currency at that time.

Sreesanth said, “When the IPL teams were announced, we were playing a series in Australia, where we defeated Australia 2-0 at home. When the team was announced, no one could believe that Preity Zinta and Ness Wadia had bought me for 6 lakh 25 thousand US dollars. A fast bowler could get such an amount, no one could believe it. There was no irritation or jealousy, but there was something.”

some relationships are better at a distance

Sreesanth made a big disclosure and said that he has blocked Harbhajan Singh. He told, “I have blocked him for life time. I have blocked Harbhajan everywhere including WhatsApp, Instagram. I also respect Bhabhi and Bhajji Pa, but there are some relationships which are good only at a distance.”

The World Championship of Legends (WCL) is about to return. The third season of WCL will be held in the month of October this year, in which some new faces will be seen this time. Yuvraj Singh, AB de Villiers, Harbhajan Singh, Moeen Ali and Dwayne Bravo will also be seen playing in this league.

Retired players participate in the World Championship of Legends. The last 2 seasons have been explosive, in which many great players including AB de Villiers, Yuvraj Singh, Harbhajan Singh, Brett Lee, Hashim Amla, Shahid Afridi and Shoaib Malik have played. Even Chris Gayle, former England captain Eoin Morgan and Kieron Pollard have played in the WCL.

7 teams will participate

A total of seven teams will participate in WCL 3. Their names will be India Champions, Pakistan Champions, Australia Champions, England Champions, South Africa Champions, Bangladesh Champions and West Indies Champions. Even before, the World Championship of Legends has been played in the same format. However, WCL has not announced the squads yet. But it is being told that this time many players can be seen playing in WCL for the first time.

• India Champions
• pakistan champions
• australia champions
• England Champions
• South African Champions
• west indies champions
• bangladesh champions

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Rajya Sabha MP Harbhajan Singh had left Aam Aadmi Party and joined BJP a few days ago. After that, the workers of ‘Aam Madami Party’ had written ‘Traitor’ outside Harbhajan’s house, due to which there was a lot of uproar. The same issue has again gained momentum because a social media user called Harbhajan a traitor, on which ‘Bhajji’ got furious and responded in sharp words.

In fact, a person on social media called Harbhajan Singh a traitor and asked – the leader whom you keep abusing day and night. Why did you not resign from the Rajya Sabha seat which was given to you by the same leader?

In response to this, Harbhajan Singh wrote – When the right time comes, your every point will be answered. I have not abused any of your leaders. Why should I dirty my tongue? Those who are calling me a traitor should first ask their people for how much was the Punjab Rajya Sabha seat sold? If they don’t tell you then I will tell who got how much money and who gave it. How was someone made a minister to loot Punjab and deliver goods to Lala? Punjab was looted and usurped.

All your questions will be answered when the time comes. And I did not abuse any of your leaders. Why should I dirty my tongue? And those who call me a traitor, first ask your people for how much the Rajya Sabha seat of Punjab was sold. If you don’t tell then I will tell you to whom how much was offered and on whose behalf… https://t.co/5sd2sxQDO7

— Harbhajan Turbanator (@harbhajan_singh) May 22, 2026

Responding to another person’s comment, Harbhajan Singh wrote that it was the political party which burnt an effigy outside my house and wrote ‘traitor’. Normal people don’t do this. Who instructed the party people to do this? This country has given me a lot of love, I have brought honor to the country by being on the sports field for 20 years. Your people think that they can put a tag with my name and it will remain there forever. This shows their poor thinking.

Didi, the political party itself burnt my effigy outside my house and wrote traitor. Common people don’t work like this. Who instructed the party people to do all this work? This country has given me a lot of love for 20 years and raised the name of the country in the sports field. And your people think that he should bring a tag… https://t.co/ZlHIOXmwOl

— Harbhajan Turbanator (@harbhajan_singh) May 22, 2026

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A heart breaking incident has come to light from Kurali, Punjab. A 4.5 year old girl was kidnapped in broad daylight, the kidnappers also tried to run over her grandparents with a car. According to the CCTV footage that surfaced, a total of five kidnappers carried out this incident. Former Indian cricketer Harbhajan Singh has reacted to this.

In the CCTV footage, grandparents and the girl are riding on a scooter. Then two youths come on a motorcycle and try to snatch the girl. In the midst of this clash, a car stops, from which three more youths get down. The kidnappers put the girl in the car and run away from there. Meanwhile, the kidnappers try to crush the grandparents with their car.

Harbhajan Singh reacted

Former cricketer and Rajya Sabha MP Harbhajan Singh reacted to this incident through social media. Tagging the Punjab Police, he wrote that what is happening in Punjab, the police should take immediate action on this incident and help the victim’s family.

What’s going on in punjab. I urge @DGPPunjabPolice to see this matter and help the family https://t.co/XkJy60jsWI

— Harbhajan Turbanator (@harbhajan_singh) May 20, 2026

The girl’s father told that a case is going on in the court for the custody of the children. The father says that he does not know who carried out the kidnapping, but he suspects that his wife carried out this incident with the help of kidnappers while playing with the law. The girl’s father also said that his mother-in-law and a person named Sandeep could be involved in this kidnapping. He has demanded a thorough investigation of the matter from the police.

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Harbhajan Singh Angry On Shubman Gill: The use of DRS for wide and no balls started from the 2023 season of the Indian Premier League. Under this rule, players of both the teams can challenge the umpire’s decision of wide and no ball. During IPL 2026, former Team India spinner Harbhajan Singh got angry at this rule, when in the 60th match of the season, Gujarat Titans captain Shubman Gill took 2 consecutive DRS against Kolkata Knight Riders.

During the commentary, Harbhajan Singh said that having DRS for wide and no balls like this is a waste of time. The incident of taking DRS continuously happened in the sixth over, when Kagiso Rabada was bowling.

Gill took review for LBW on the second ball of the over. The decision was taken on umpire call. This did not spoil Gujarat’s review and Kolkata’s Angkrish Raghuvanshi was not even given out.

Harbhajan Singh angry over second consecutive DRS

The third ball of the over fell outside the off stump, which was declared wide by the umpire. Rabada did not look happy with the decision of this wide and Shubman Gill took the second DRS in a row, on which Harbhajan got angry.

Talking about the second consecutive review of Gujarat, Bhajji said that it is a waste of time. Whether it is protocol to check ultra edge on wide review or not, but it is definitely a waste of time.

Bhajji further said how due to this the timing of the match increases. He told that due to these reasons the match takes 4:30 hours, whereas earlier the match used to end early.

Now it will be interesting to see whether some action is taken by IPL on this statement of Harbhajan or not. Let us tell you that till now there has been no such rule in international cricket by which batsmen can challenge the decision of wide or no ball.

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Former Indian cricketer Harbhajan Singh is once again in the news. Rajya Sabha MP Harbhajan Singh had recently left Aam Aadmi Party and joined Bharatiya Janata Party. He has approached the Punjab and Haryana High Court regarding removal of his security. In his petition, Harbhajan has sought answers from the Punjab government as to why his security has been removed.

A few days ago, a video surfaced in which Aam Aadmi Party workers had written ‘traitor’ on the outer wall of Harbhajan Singh’s house. Harbhajan has also demanded action against those who wrote ‘traitor’ in his petition.

Taking action on the petition filed by Harbhajan Singh, the Punjab-Haryana High Court has issued a notice to the Punjab Government and the Central Government. The next date of hearing of this case has been fixed for May 12. Let us remind you that after Harbhajan joined BJP, policemen were deployed outside his house in Jalandhar. But last Saturday, Harbhajan’s security was withdrawn. The former cricketer has demanded restoration of security.

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Let us remind you that Raghav Chadha, Harbhajan Singh, Ashok Mittal, Swati Maliwal, Sandeep Pathak, Vikram Sahni and Rajinder Gupta, these 7 MPs have left Aam Aadmi Party and joined BJP. After this, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann addressed him as a traitor of Punjab.

If we throw light on the political career of Harbhajan Singh, he had entered the ongoing politics of Aam Aadmi Party. In March 2022, Aam Aadmi Party nominated him to Rajya Sabha from Punjab. About four months later, in July 2022, he took oath as a Rajya Sabha MP. But in April 2026, he left Aam Aadmi Party and joined BJP.

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Arvind Kejriwal’s Aam Aadmi Party has suffered a major setback. Rajya Sabha has recognized all the rebel MPs of AAP including Raghav Chadha and they have been considered as MPs of Bharatiya Janata Party. Rajya Sabha Secretariat has also issued a notification regarding this.

Rajya Sabha Secretariat has issued a notification regarding all the MPs who joined BJP from Aadmi Party. He has been described as a part of BJP, after which the number of BJP members in the Upper House has increased to 113.

AAP had written a letter to the Vice President

Aam Aadmi Party MP Sanjay Singh had written a letter to Rajya Sabha Chairman CP Radhakrishnan on Sunday (April 26, 2026), in which he had demanded disqualification of the seven MPs who left AAP. The letter reads, ‘This MP was elected to the Upper House on the Aam Aadmi Party ticket, but later he decided to leave the party and join the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).’

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Sanjay Singh had said that this step taken by the seven AAP MPs is tantamount to defection. This is a betrayal of the people of Punjab and the Constitution of India. He said that if necessary, Aam Aadmi Party will take legal action in this matter. However, now it has become clear from the notification issued by the Rajya Sabha Secretariat that the demand of the Aam Aadmi Party has been rejected. Now these MPs will be considered to be from Bharatiya Janata Party, whereas only three MPs are left in the Upper House of Aam Aadmi Party.

7 MPs including Raghav Chadha left AAP

Raghav Chadha, Sandeep Pathak and Ashok Mittal had announced their separation from Aam Aadmi Party in a press conference on Friday (April 24, 2026). He had claimed that Harbhajan Singh, Swati Maliwal, Vikram Sahni and Rajinder Gupta were also with him. Of the 7 who left the party, 6 are Rajya Sabha members from Punjab.

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These MPs alleged that the party led by Arvind Kejriwal has deviated from its principles and moral values. Chadha said, ‘According to the Constitution, two-thirds of the total MPs of a party can merge with another party.’

Amidst the turmoil in Punjab politics, former cricketer Harbhajan Singh has been targeted. 7 MPs of Aam Aadmi Party including Harbhajan Singh have joined Bharatiya Janata Party. Because of this, angry AAP workers wrote ‘traitor’ on the wall outside the house of former cricketer Harbhajan Singh in Jalandhar. Let us tell you that Raghav Chadha, Harbhajan Singh, Swati Maliwal, Ashok Mittal, Sandeep Pathak, Vikramjit Sahni and Rajendra Gupta, these seven MPs have left Aam Aadmi Party and joined BJP.

A video of this has also surfaced, in which ‘AAP’ workers are writing ‘traitor’ on the outer wall of Harbhajan Singh’s house using spray paint. The police present outside the house try to stop them, but they do not stop. Aam Aadmi Party workers protested by wearing black bands and also wrote traitor in English with spray paint on the main door of Harbhajan’s house.

The people who came to protest accused all the 7 MPs of betraying the people of Punjab. He also said that all the MPs have abandoned the anti-corruption mandate given by the voters of Punjab.

#WATCH | Jalandhar, Punjab: AAP workers express their resentment against Rajya Sabha MP Harbhajan Singh as they wrote “Gaddar” on the walls of his residence in Jalandhar.

Raghav Chadha, Harbhajan Singh, along with 2/3rd MPs of AAP, merged with the BJP yesterday. pic.twitter.com/PGiFKwlt0I

— ANI (@ANI) April 25, 2026

On the other hand, Raghav Chadha had made serious allegations against AAP in the press conference and said that the Aam Aadmi Party has become corrupt and compromised. This was a big blow for the Aam Aadmi Party, because it had 10 MPs in the Rajya Sabha. But with the departure of 7 MPs including Harbhajan Singh and Raghav Chadha to BJP, the number of AAP MPs in Rajya Sabha has reduced to only 3.

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S Sreesanth and Harbhajan Singh Controversy: Amidst IPL 2026, once again the sound of ‘Thappadkand’ of Harbhajan Singh and Sreesanth has echoed. The controversy that took place in 2008 had made a lot of headlines at that time. Now due to Sreesanth’s statement this incident has once again come into limelight. In fact, Sreesanth made serious allegations and said that Bhajji had earned around Rs 1 crore from an advertisement based on slapping.

Apart from this, Sreesanth said that now he has also blocked Harbhajan on Instagram. So let us know what the whole matter is.

Earned around Rs 1 crore from advertising

Sreesanth was quoted as saying by India Today, “I never talked about bhajji in any interview unless there was a controversy. But they earned around Rs 80 lakh to Rs 1 crore from an advertisement about that (slap scandal). Then they called me and asked me to share that advertisement on the story.”

Sreesanth further said, “I told him that I will forgive, but never forget. If someone is wrong to you, you should forgive them but not forget. If you forget, they will do the same again. There is no doubt about that.”

Blocked on Instagram

Sreesanth said, “I have no relationship with that person. I used to call him brother. But in the last 1 or 2 months he did that advertisement and now I have blocked him on Instagram.”

What was the slapping incident?

In the first season of IPL in 2008, after the match between Mumbai Indians and Punjab Kings, Harbhajan Singh slapped S Sreesanth on the middle of the field. After this incident, Sreesanth was seen crying on the field.

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Along with Raghav Chadha, 7 MPs including Swati Maliwal, Harbhajan Singh will join BJP. Raghav Chadha announced this on Friday (April 24), giving a big blow to the Aam Aadmi Party. Along with Raghav Chadha, Swati Maliwal, Ashok Mittal, Sandeep Pathak, Vikram Sahni, Rajinder Gupta and Harbhajan Singh will join BJP. All of them are your MPs in Rajya Sabha. AAP has a total of 10 MPs in Rajya Sabha. That means now two-thirds of your Rajya Sabha MPs are going to join BJP.

What does mathematics say according to the anti-deflection law?

Under India’s Anti-Defection Law (Tenth Schedule of the Constitution), if a split in a party is to be recognized and disqualification is to be avoided, at least two-thirds (2/3) of the party’s members must be present in the Rajya Sabha.

• Total members in Rajya Sabha of AAP = 10
• Only if at least 7 MPs come together, the split will be considered valid under the defection law.
• Support of 7/10 MPs will be necessary for Raghav Chadha, only then it will be possible to join BJP while avoiding anti-defection law.
• That means 70% AAP Rajya Sabha MPs will have to be brought along.

What allegations did Raghav Chadha make against AAP?

Rajya Sabha MP Raghav Chadha made serious allegations on the decision to leave the party and said that the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has completely deviated from its basic principles. He said, “The AAP to which I nourished with my blood for 15 years and gave 15 years of my youth. She has completely deviated from her principles and her values. Now this party is not working for the national interest but for its personal benefit.

I’m the Right Man in the Wrong Party- Raghav Chadha

He further said, “For the last few years I was feeling that ‘I am the right man in the wrong party’. Therefore, today I announce that I am moving away from Aam Aadmi Party and going to the people. Before joining politics, I was a CA. Today, those who are leaving the Aam Aadmi Party and separating, some are world class cricketers, some are Padma Shris, some are social activists. All these people left everything and came with the resolve of corruption free India and established this party. Hardly anyone would know the Aam Aadmi Party better than me.

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