Unseen Video Of Harbhajan Slapping Sreesanth In IPL 2008 Released After 18 Years | Watch

Unseen Video Of Harbhajan Slapping Sreesanth In IPL 2008 Released After 18 Years | Watch

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Last Updated: August 29, 2025, 13:53 IST

Lalit Modi released unseen footage of the 2008 IPL slapgate, showing Harbhajan Singh slapping Sreesanth after the Mumbai Indians vs Kings XI Punjab match.

When Harbhajan slapped Sreesanth in IPL 2008

The inaugural edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) was rocked by an unfortunate incident – the infamous slapgate, involving Harbhajan Singh and Sreesanth. Nobody knew what exactly happened after the Mumbai Indians (MI) vs Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) match back in 2008, as the video of the incident never came out. However, 18 years later, the unseen footage has finally surfaced on social media.

IPL founder and former chairman Lalit Modi has released the raw, unseen footage of the incident on Instagram in which Harbhajan, donning the MI jersey, could be clearly seen slapping Sreesanth, who was part of the KXIP team.

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Speaking to former Australian captain Michael Clarke on Beyond23 Cricket Podcast, Modi shared the piece of footage that had originally not been shown in the worldwide telecast.

“It happened absolutely. It was Bhajji, it was Sreesanth. The players are going, thanking each other, shaking hands. Sreesanth and Bhajji… Bhajji just looks at him and just gives him a backhander," Modi said the video shared by Michael Clarke.

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“I sat them both down, and I had to penalise Bhajji in the meeting. I did penalise him for 8 games," he added.

#WATCH : One of the wildest chapters in IPL history resurfacesUnseen footage of the infamous Harbhajan Singh & Sreesanth ‘Slapgate’ incident has emerged. A moment that shook the league back in 2008 and was never aired publicly until now. #IPL #Slapgate #HarbhajanSingh… pic.twitter.com/hZFGCOsPJO — upuknews (@upuknews1) August 29, 2025

Harbhajan has repeatedly apologised to Sreesanth for his act, that too, on public platforms.

In a recent conversation with Ravichandran Ashwin on the latter’s YouTube channel, Harbhajan expressed his regret about the slapgate incident with Sreesanth.

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“One thing I’d want to change in my life is that incident with Sreesanth. I want to remove that incident from my career. That is the incident I would change from my list. What transpired was wrong, and I shouldn’t have done what I did. I apologised 200 times. What I felt so bad was even years after that incident, I have been apologising every opportunity or stage I get. It was a mistake," Harbhajan said.

“What hurt me even after many years was when I met his daughter and I was talking to her with a lot of love and she said, ‘I don’t want to talk to you. You hit my father.’ My heart was shattered and I was on the verge of tears. I was asking myself what is the impression I’ve left on her? She must be thinking of me in a poor light, right? She sees me as the guy who hit her father. I felt so bad. I still apologise to his daughter," he added.

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First Published: August 29, 2025, 12:10 IST

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