Lalit Modi released unseen ground footage of Harbhajan Singh slapping Shanthakumaran Sreesanth in the 2008 IPL.
The incident took place after the Kings XI Punjab’s victory over the Mumbai Indians.
In an interview with Australian World Cup-winning captain Michael Clarke on the Beyond23 Cricket Podcast last August, the former IPL commissioner shared footage that had not been shown during the live broadcast.
“The game was over, cameras were shut off. One of my security cameras was on. It caught the incident between Sreesanth and Bhajji [Harbhajan’, and Bhajji just gives him a back-hander. Here’s the video,” said Modi, before showing the footage of the actual incident.
“I hadn’t put it out for so long. We have 18 years behind us for this,” Lalit Modi added.
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Sreesanth was seen weeping on TV after the incident, for which Harbhajan received an 11-match ban.
Lalit Modi has released the actual unseen ground footage of Harbhajan slapping Sreesanth in IPL 2008. pic.twitter.com/mPWvYeGut4
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