Sreesanth's Daughter Told Harbhajan Singh 'You Hit My Father', Refused To Talk

Sreesanth's Daughter Told Harbhajan Singh 'You Hit My Father', Refused To Talk

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Last Updated: July 20, 2025, 21:43 IST

Harbhajan Singh has revealed that Sreesanth's daughter, Sreesanvika, refused to talk to him because of the slap-gate incident in 2008.

Harbhajan Singh and Sreesanth's slap-gate was quite infamous in 2008. (AFP Photo, representative)

Harbhajan Singh has expressed deep regret for slapping his once-teammate S Sreesanth during the first season of the Indian Premier League in 2008, revealing how his daughter, Sreesanvika, has refused to talk to him because of the incident. Harbhajan said it’s the one thing he wishes he could erase from his life, for even 200 apologies to Sreesanth and more to his daughter can’t amend it.

Harbhajan slapped Sreesanth after a match between the Mumbai Indians and the Kings XI Punjab (now called the Punjab Kings) in Mohali. Reports at the time suggested that Sreesanth was teasing Harbhajan for losing the match, and the Punjabi lost his cool. Sreesanth was seen crying and being consoled by teammates afterwards. The two have moved on and seem to share a friendly relationship but it still haunts the spinner.

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“One thing I’d want to change in my life is that incident with Sreesanth," Harbhajan recalled in an interview with Ravichandran Ashwin on the latter’s YouTube show, Kutti Stories. “I want to remove that incident from my career. What transpired was wrong and I shouldn’t have done what I d id. I apologised 200 times… Yes, in that game we were opponents. But it shouldn’t have gone to that level where we behave in such a manner… The only fault of his was that he provoked me, but that’s okay actually. However, what I did was not okay. I said, ‘Sorry’."

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Harbhajan also recalled being ‘shattered’ by learning what Sreesanvika thought of him.

“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 that I can’t do anything. I keep telling her, ‘but if there’s anything I can do to make you feel better and make you think I’m not that kind of person, please tell me’. I wish when she grows up, she doesn’t see me in the same light. And think her uncle will always be with her and extend any kind of support he can. That’s why I want to remove that chapter," Harbhajan added.

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First Published: July 20, 2025, 21:42 IST

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