‘You hit my father...': Harbhajan Singh reveals an heart-shattering encounter with Sreesanth's daughter
Former India off-spinner
Harbhajan Singh
revealed an emotional conversation with the daughter of his former teammate S
Sreesanth
.
Harbhajan opened up about how he was left shattered after she told him that she didn't want to talk to him because he had hit her father during the 2008 edition of the IPL. Harbhajan, playing for
Mumbai Indians
, had slapped Kings XI Punjab's (now Punjab Kings) Sreesanth at the end of a match.
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'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 while speaking on R Ashwin's YouTube show Kutti Stories.
'That is the incident I would change from my list. What transpired was wrong, and I shouldn't have done what I did. I apologised 200 times.
'What I felt so bad about was that even years after that incident, I have been apologising every opportunity or stage I get.
It was a mistake. We all make mistakes, and we hope and try never to repeat such mistakes.
'He was my teammate, and we were playing together. Yes, in that game we were opponents. But it shouldn't have gone to the level where we behaved in such a manner.
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'So yeah, that was my fault, and 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',' Harbhajan said.
'What hurt me even more, years later, was when I met his daughter.
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 kept asking myself — what kind of impression have I 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, knowing I can't undo what happened. I keep telling her, 'If there's anything I can do to make you feel better, or make you think I'm not that kind of person, please tell me.'
'I just hope that when she grows up, she doesn't see me in the same light. I hope she sees that her uncle is someone who will always be there for her and support her in any way he can. That's why I want to remove that chapter,' Harbhajan said.
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