Overview

• The clip was shown on Michael Clarke’s Beyond23 podcast and has since circulated widely online.
• Footage depicts Harbhajan delivering a backhanded slap during post-match handshakes, with Sreesanth visibly upset before Irfan Pathan and Mahela Jayawardene step in.
• Modi says he kept the video private for 17–18 years and describes imposing an eight-game penalty, while contemporaneous BCCI records report a season-long suspension with an 11-match ban and forfeited fees.
• At the time television cameras were off, which is why the incident surfaced only now from a non-broadcast security recording.
• Harbhajan has repeatedly expressed remorse in recent interviews, and no new disciplinary measures have been reported as outlets note varying levels of independent verification of the clip.