Harbhajan Slaps Sreesanth

Harbhajan slaps Sreesanth

New Delhi: Harbhajan Singh today found himself in yet another controversy after allegedly slapping Kings XI paceman S Sreesanth during their Indian Premier League encounter here today.

The Kings XI team, led by Yuvraj Singh, is reportedly planning to lodge a complaint against the off-spinner, who later apologised to the paceman in the dressing room of the Punjab team.

BCCI Vice president Rajiv Shukla said the Board would wait for the report from the team management before deciding on the future course of action.

Harbhajan, leading Mumbai Indians side, allegedly slapped Sreesanth when the latter said something to him which the off-spinner found offensive.

The paceman was seen crying bitterly on the ground at the end of the IPL match, which his team won by 66 runs.

While Harbhajan kept mum on the issue during the post match conference, Sreesanth tried to play down the incident.

"It is normal. Nothing serious happened. It is all in the game. I am fine. We will still be part of the national team," Sreesanth said before leaving the stadium.

As Sreesanth came to board the bus to return to the team hotel, the media mobbed him to listen to his version.

Harbhajan did not speak on the issue.

"Can we have questions on just cricket," Harbhajan said when asked about what happened between him and Sreesanth.

Mumbai Indians coach Lalchand Rajput also requested the media to restrict their questions to just cricket.

The winning captain Yuvraj Singh was upset by the unsavory incident and termed it "ugly."

"This is really an ugly incident. You do not want to see such things off the field especially after a win. I am upset at what happened. This is totally unacceptable," he said apparently criticising Harbhajan Singh.

Yuvraj said he did not know what actually transpired between the two. "I do not know what exactly happened but one does not want to see such things happening."

Kings XI coach Tom Moody was also upset by the incident and termed as "unacceptable" Harbhajan's behaviour.

"At the end of the day, players shake hands. But today saw more that from Harbhajan and Sreesanth. It is unacceptable behaviour and I am sure officials will take note.”

"The positive thing is that Harbhajan had a long chat with Sreesanth. But I am not sure what ramifications this incident will have," Moody said.

Upset after his team's third successive defeat, the turbanator also looked unhappy with his teammates.

"When you lose nothing seems to be okay. I won't bowl and bat for other people. They have to be captain of their own bowling and own bowling. I cannot do another's job," he said angrily when asked if captaincy was tough."I don't like losing. When you lose, you don't feel happy."

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