Sreesanth’s wife slams the modi, Michael Clarke for digging a Slapgate video. (Video Gracks) New Delhi: Harbhajan Singh – Sreesanth Hallcation remains one of the darkest and most discussed episodes in the history of Indian Premier League (IPL). Almost 18 years later, the infamous controversy “Slap-Gate” reappeared after former chairman Iplit Modi revealed that it has invisible shots of the incident and raises questions about why the video has never seen daylight.The flash points occurred during the IPL inauguration season in 2008, when after the match in Mohali at Mohali’s Captain Indians in Mumbai Indians.
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Go beyond the border with our YouTube channel. Subscribe!TV cameras later captured Sreesanth uncontrolled crying, a picture that dominated the subtitles and threw the shadow through the nascent league. Harbhajan was banned for 11 matches and lost the fees for the match, while the BCCI Disciplinary Committee kept him guilty of misconduct.Modi, talking about the podcast Michael Clarke outside the cricket podcast, said one of his security cameras had caught a accurate moment. “When the players exchanged handshakes, Bhajji just looked at Sreesanth, said something and put him on the bend.Click to watch the invisible video hereCricket commentator Harsha Bhogle has now explained why. “Interestingly, the Harbhajan-Sreesanth video has found a way out after 17 years. Very few of us saw it and we gave our word that it would remain outside the public domain because IPL was in the first year and would not be for the best news,” Bhogle published on X. His notes underline how the league in her childhood decided to protect her image from revealing a harmful scandal in full detail.While Harbhajan and Sreesant have come to terms for a long time and moved into the comments, the revival of the episode provoked a new criticism. Sreesanth’s wife strongly condemned Modi and Clarke and accused them of the “campaign of old wounds” for publicity.With Bhogl’s revelation, the fans finally understand why the infamous video was buried for almost two decades – to protect the IPL reputation in its formative years.
