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IPL founder Lalit Modi shocked Cricket fans on Friday after revealing the video from the infamous 2008 IPL slap-gate, which features spinner Harbhajan Singh slapping Sreesanth during the post-match handshake. Reacting to the video, Sreesanth's wife Bhuvneshwari has bashed Modi and Michael Clarke for making the video public. Notably, former Australian Cricketer Clarke invited Modi for a chat on his podcast where the video was streamed.

Bhuvneshwari labelled the move “disgusting, heartless and inhuman," affirming that both Harbhajan and Sreesanth have gone past this episode and pulling this up is just an attempt for cheap publicity.

“Shame on you @lalitkmodi and @michaelclarkeofficial. You people are not even human to drag up something from 2008 just for your own cheap publicity and views. Both @sreesanthnair36 and Harbhajan have long moved on, they are fathers now with school-going children, and yet you try to throw them back into an old wound. Absolutely disgusting, heartless, and inhuman," Bhuvneshwari wrote in one of her stories.

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Sreesanth, from his official Instagram account, re-shared the stories.

“@sreesanthnair36 has rebuilt his life with dignity and grace after every hardship he faced. As his wife, and as the mother of his children, it is deeply painful for our family to see this resurface after 18 long years. Families are being forced to relive trauma that was buried decades ago only so you can chase views. This doesn’t just hurt the players, it scars their innocent children who now have to face questions and shame for no fault of theirs," he added.

“You should be sued for doing something so cheap and inhumane. Sreesanth is a man of strength and character, and no video can take that dignity away from him. Fear God before you hurt families and innocent children for your own gain,” she added.

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Aftermath Of Slap-Gate

Harbhajan had slapped Sreesanth following a match in which the Punjab Kings (then known as Kings XI Punjab) defeated the Mumbai Indians in 2008. At the time of the incident, the broadcast had cut to a commercial break, so viewers missed the actual altercation. When the live feed resumed, shocking visuals of a tearful Sreesanth on the field stunned the cricketing world and sparked widespread outrage.

The incident provoked an angry reaction from Sreesanth, who charged toward Harbhajan, prompting a similar response from the spinner. A physical brawl was narrowly avoided as Irfan Pathan and Mahela Jayawardene quickly intervened to separate the two players. The shocking incident caught the media's attention and sparked widespread criticism of Harbhajan's behaviour, and he later apologised for the physical altercation. 

Inputs from IANS