Sreesanth’s Wife Fumes, Wants Clarke & Lalit Modi Sued Over ’Slapgate’ Video

For 17 years, it was believed that there was no video evidence for the infamous ‘slapgate’ — where Harbhajan Singh slapped S Sreesanth in the face in IPL 2008 — but all that changed on August 29 (Friday) as former IPL Chairman Lalit Modi, for the first time ever, aired the video of the infamous incident.

The big revelation was made on former Australia captain Michael Clarke’s ‘Beyond 23 Cricket Podcast’ and the video broke the internet, instantly making it the most viral piece of cricketing content of the entire month.

Though the video clearly proved that Harbhajan was guilty of slapping Sreesanth, the former fast bowler’s wife, Bhuvneshwari Sreesanth, took to Instagram to lambast Modi and Clarke for causing pain and hurt to their family by unnecessarily bringing back an incident that was long buried. 

“@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,” she wrote on Instagram.

“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.”

Bhuvneshwari further went on to state that both Clarke and Modi need to be sued for their ‘inhumane’ act of digging up something buried, very well knowing that it would cause deep hurt to the Sreesanth family.

“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. @lalitkmodi @michaelclarkeofficial,” she wrote.

Bhuvneshwari further added: “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.”

In a recent chat with Ravichandran Ashwin, Harbhajan had termed the Sreesanth incident as one of life’s biggest regrets. 

The former off-spinner was banned for 11 games for the slapgate incident.