{"id":104289,"date":"2025-08-29T13:13:11","date_gmt":"2025-08-29T13:13:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/104289\/"},"modified":"2025-08-29T13:13:11","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T13:13:11","slug":"watch-harbhajan-singh-slaps-sreesanth-lalit-modi-releases-video-of-infamous-ipl-incident-after-18-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/104289\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch: Harbhajan Singh slaps Sreesanth; Lalit Modi releases video of infamous IPL incident after 18 years"},"content":{"rendered":"

In IPL 2008, the Harbhajan Singh\u2013Sreesanth slap incident created headlines. However, no video proof was ever shown to the public. Now, 18 years later, former IPL chairman Lalit Modi<\/a> has revealed the unseen footage.<\/p>\n

The video was shown on Michael Clarke\u2019s Beyond23 Cricket Podcast.<\/p>\n

\u201cI want to talk to you about something that I saw as a young Australian player in the IPL<\/a>. Actually, I take that back. I didn’t see it. I heard about it, but I never saw the vision,\u201d says Clarke to Modi.<\/p>\n

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\u201cHarbhajan Singh, did he slap Sreesanth on the field? I’m asking you because I’m trying to think of stages through the IPL that stand out for me. That was front-page news around the world. Yet, there was no vision of, if you didn’t see it live, you don’t know if it’s true. Did it happen?\u201d the former Australia captain asked Lalit Modi.<\/p>\n

Modi confirmed the \u201cslapgate\u201d. He explained that his security camera had captured the incident. It did show Harbhajan delivering a backhand slap to Sreesanth.<\/p>\n

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\u201cGame was over. It was Bhaji, and it was Sreesanth. The game was over. Cameras had shut off. One of my security cameras was on because I was walking onto the field. And, the security camera caught it,\u201d Modi tells Clarke.<\/p>\n

Social media reactions<\/p>\n

Social media users reacted to the video clip. Many of them think the footage should not have been released.<\/p>\n

\u201cBig time for Beyond23 getting that footage, great podcast. Lalit is the man,\u201d wrote one user.<\/p>\n

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\u201cCan’t believe Beyond23 got the clip before any Indian media,\u201d commented another.<\/p>\n

Another wrote, \u201cThis footage should not be have to be released. Hope Sree will be ok with it.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cHarbhajan<\/a> and Sreesanth’s video shouldn’t be released now. It may bring bad memories for both of them,\u201d posted another.<\/p>\n

Another user remarked, \u201cWhy bring back bad memories for both Sree and Bhajji by releasing this footage now? They\u2019ve been trying to forget and move past it, and this should have been avoided.\u201d<\/p>\n

The search for \u201cLalit Modi\u201d skyrocketed between August 28 and 29 on Google India:<\/p>\n

The search for \u201cLalit Modi\u201d skyrocketed between August 28 and 29 on Google IndiaMichael Clarke\u2019s skin cancer<\/p>\n

Michael Clarke has revealed he recently had skin cancer removed from his nose. Clarke, who led Australia to the 2015 World Cup, shared a post-surgery photo with a message on prevention.<\/p>\n

It wasn\u2019t his first surgery. He was first diagnosed in 2006, just two years after debuting. Since then, he has undergone multiple removals.<\/p>\n

“Skin cancer is real, especially in Australia. I had one cut out of my nose today, so this is a friendly reminder to get your skin checked. Prevention is better than cure, but in my case, regular check-ups and early detection are key,” Clarke wrote on Instagram.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In IPL 2008, the Harbhajan Singh\u2013Sreesanth slap incident created headlines. However, no video proof was ever shown to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":104290,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[564],"tags":[64,63,740,75206,13848,75205,75209,85,75207,75208],"class_list":{"0":"post-104289","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cricket","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-cricket","11":"tag-harbhajan-singh","12":"tag-ipl","13":"tag-ipl-2008","14":"tag-lalit-modi","15":"tag-sports","16":"tag-sreesanth-slap-incident","17":"tag-unseen-footage"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104289","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=104289"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104289\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/104290"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=104289"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=104289"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=104289"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}