Harbhajan singh controversies: The slapgate controversy of former India cricketer Harbhajan Singh has once again come into the discussion. IPL founder Lalit Modi shared a video of the controversy between Harbhajan and Sreesanth in 2008, in which Bhajji slapped Sreesanth after the IPL match. Bhajji not only got into this controversy during his cricket career, but he has also clashed with foreign players on the field. Let’s know about the five biggest controversies of Harbhajan Singh.

Harbhajan caught in the monkey dispute

When the Indian team visited Australia in 2008, Andrew Symonds accused Bhajji of making racial comments. Symonds said that Harbhajan called him Monkey (Monkey). In this case, the referee convicted Bhajji and he was banned for three matches. At the same time, after the ban on Harbhajan, Team India, who went on a tour of Australia under the captaincy of Anil Kumble, opposed playing the rest of the match and said that if the ban was not withdrawn from Bhajji, then the team would return to India after canceling the tour. This decision of Team India was also supported by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI).

The case of this dispute broke out between Harbhajan Singh and Andrew Symonds reached the Sydney Court. In this, an appeal was made against the ban of three matches on Bhajji. The Sydney Court decided in favor of Harbhajan Singh and the court said that no such evidence has been found, which can be assumed that Harbhajan Singh has made any colorful remarks. With this, the ban of three matches was also removed from Bhajji. But instead he was fined 50 percent match fees.

Controversy with Ricky Ponting also

Harbhajan Singh joined Team India for the first time in 1998 at the age of 17. Bhajji was taken in the series against Australia. In this match being played in Sharjah, Harbhajan Singh stumped Ricky Ponting. After taking Ponting’s wicket, Harbhajan indicated him to go to the pavilion. Seeing this gesture of Harbhajan, Potting moved towards him, but then returned without saying anything. When Harbhajan Singh did this, he was banned for a match. Along with this, the ICC also imposed a fine.

Fight with Shoaib Akhtar

During the India-Pakistan match in Asia Cup 2010, there was a clash between Harbhajan Singh and Shoaib Akhtar. In the 47th over of this match, there was an argument between Bhajji and Pakistani fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar, after which Bhajji hit a six off Akhtar’s ball. India won this match by 3 wickets and the winning shot also came from the bat of Harbhajan Singh.

Sreesanth was slapped

In IPL 2008, Harbhajan Singh slapped Sreesanth. At that time Harbhajan used to play for Mumbai Indians and Sreesanth for Kings XI Punjab. Punjab defeated Mumbai in this match. Sreesanth once told the controversy that he had told Harbhajan that ‘Punjab will defeat Mumbai, Punjab will defeat Mumbai’. At the same time, after this match, Harbhajan hit Sreesanth a backhand slap and the video of this has now come in front of people after 17 years. Harbhajan Singh has told that he has apologized to Sreesanth several times for this incident.

Harbhajan advertised for liquor company

Harbhajan Singh was trapped in 2006 by advertising for a liquor company. In this advertisement, Bhajji did not even wear a turban, which was strongly opposed by the people of the Sikh community. Along with this, objected to advertising for the liquor company. After this advertisement, Harbhajan Singh was so criticized that he had to remove the advertisement. After this, this Indian cricketer apologized for hurting the feelings of the people.

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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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