FaroKh Engineer was a referee for a game for a game in which the infamous slap Harbhajan Singh became the SREESANTH (pictures through Getty Images & Screengrabs) Seventeen years after the infamous “Slapgate” incident from the IPL inauguration season, a former Indian warrior and referee for this game, the Parokh Engineer, expressed his surprise in the sudden edition of the shots from the quarrel. The 2008 Bombai and Kings XI Punjab Indians are commemorated for Harbhajan Singh Sreesanth during interactions after the match. Harbhajan, who was a captain that night, was forbidden for the rest of the season after the teammates were pulled out of the scene. Sreesanth, playing for KXIP, contributed two goals to his party’s 66-run victory.
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Recently former Commissioner Iplit Modi shared an official video about the incident when he spoke of Michael Clarke’s podcast, returning the controversy back to the focus. The engineer, who was in charge of driving as an arbitration match that evening, said he was amazed by development. “I am surprised that the shots have appeared after all these years. As a referee for this particular match, I maintained confidentiality and did not talk about the content of the incident or with the best of my friends in the media,” Mid-Day said. It is also reflected and added that the matter should be left in the past. “I should have done a job as a judge match and I believe I did it (well) with a dignified silence. It’s a thing of the past and I’m sure both players have buried their differences for a long
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Resurfacing clip has already triggered a reaction, while Sreesanth’s wife called it unnecessary reopening of old wounds. However, engineering remarks emphasize the approach biased at the time, where he focused on solving the incident firmly but quietly and respecting the players involved.
