The IPL started in 2008. It became the world's largest and most entertaining tournament. But, in this first season there was a dispute between Harbhajan Singh and S Sreesanth named 'Slapgate', which no one can forget. After the match, Harbhajan Singh slapped Sreesanth. 17 years after this incident, Harbhajan Singh again apologized for his mistake. Along with this, Mumbai Indians (MI) captain Hardik Pandya has expressed disappointment over his team's performance after the defeat against Gujarat Titans (GT).
In IPL 2008, the match was played between Kings XI Punjab (now Punjab Kings) and Mumbai Indians. After this match, Harbhajan Singh slapped Sreesanth, due to which Sreesanth started crying. In the post -incident video, Kumar Sangakkara was seen silenced him. At that time Harbhajan Singh was the captain of Mumbai Indians. After the incident, he was dropped from the remaining matches of IPL 2008. Now after 17 years, Harbhajan has again apologized for his act.
A fan on Twitter (earlier Twitter) posted a video of the 'Slapgate' incident and asked Harbhajan his opinion. While sharing the video, Harbhajan wrote- This was not right brother. This was my fault. I should not have done this. But I made a mistake, I am a human, not God. This is not the first time Harbhajan has apologized for his mistake. Over time, both players have reconciled and now their relationship is good.
Talking about the current IPL, Mumbai Indians have suffered a second consecutive defeat this season. On Saturday, five -time champions lost to Gujarat Titans by 36 runs. After the match, Mi captain Hardik Pandya said- everything is difficult to correct. I think we were 15-20 runs behind in both batting and bowling. We were negligent in fielding, we made general mistakes and due to this we lost 20-25 runs. This happens in T20 matches. He (GT's openers) batted brilliantly, just a few balls came here and there. He was very good, he did not take too much risk, he did the right thing, he managed to score a very risky shot without scoring runs.