'There were different stories': S Sreesanth reveals his daughter refused to greet Harbhajan Singh
Former Indian cricketer
S Sreesanth
recently shared how his daughter refused to greet
Harbhajan Singh
, stemming from a 2008 IPL incident where the spinner had slapped the medium pacer. Despite both players having moved past their differences, the incident left a lasting impact on Sreesanth's daughter, who seemingly learned about it through school conversations.
Speaking on Padamjeet Sehrawat's YouTube channel, Sreesanth revealed his daughter's reaction when he tried introducing her to Harbhajan.
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"When I told my daughter, 'This is Bhajji pa, he's played with me', she straight away said, 'No, no, I won't say hi'. I couldn't understand why. In school, there may have been the odd conversation about it. There are different stories doing the rounds. Then we tried explaining, but she said she still won't talk to him.
"The next day, when the legends tournament was going on, we explained that he was like our elder brother. I don't think Bhajji pa did that deliberately. It happened in the spur of the moment. It was just a learning experience for both of us."
Sreesanth believes the slapping incident, which occurred after a match between Kings XI Punjab and Mumbai Indians, wasn't intentional. Pictures of him crying after the altercation had widely circulated on social media at the time.
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He now views it as a learning experience for both players.
In a recent conversation with R Ashwin on "Kutti Stories with Ash," Harbhajan expressed regret over the incident. "One thing I'd want to change in my life is that incident with Sreesanth. I want to remove that incident from my career," Harbhajan said.
He mentioned apologising multiple times over the years, stating, "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."
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