Overview

• Lalit Modi played previously unseen security‑camera footage on Michael Clarke’s Beyond23 podcast showing Harbhajan Singh striking S Sreesanth during the 2008 IPL post‑match handshake.
• The clip shows a backhand to Sreesanth and teammates Mahela Jayawardene and Irfan Pathan stepping in to restrain and calm him as tensions escalated.
• Sreesanth’s wife, Bhuvneshwari, called the release “disgusting, heartless, and inhuman,” saying it reopens old trauma for their family and children.
• Responding to the backlash, Modi said he was asked about the incident and was “speaking the truth,” adding that broadcast cameras missed it and a stadium security camera captured it.
• Commentator Harsha Bhogle noted the video was kept private in the IPL’s first year to protect the fledgling league, while Harbhajan’s 2008 punishment and years of public apologies remain on record with no new official action reported.