'Sreesanth's daughter told me she won't talk to me because I hit her dad'
India, July 22 -- Former cricketer Harbhajan Singh recently appeared on former cricketer R Ashwin's YouTube podcast, where he opened up about his controversial 2008 IPL (Indian Premier League) altercation with S Sreesanth.
Playing for Mumbai Indians at the time, he slapped Sreesanth of Kings XI Punjab after a league match. This 'slapgate' led the BCCI (Board of Control for Cricket in India) to suspend the spinner for the rest of the tournament.
He went on to reveal that when he met Sreesanth's daughter, she refused to talk to him because he "hit her father", a remark that hurt him deeply. "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; I was on the verge of tears. I was asking myself, what impression had I left on her? She must be thinking of me in a poor light. 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."
The 45-year-old admitted that this incident was one thing he would want 'to change in his life.' He said, "I want to remove that incident from my career. What transpired was wrong, and I shouldn't have done what I did. I apologised 200 times. It was a mistake. We all make mistakes and we hope and try to never repeat such mistakes."htc...
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