Overview

• The previously unseen clip, shown on Michael Clarke’s Beyond23 podcast, comes from a stadium security camera and shows Harbhajan Singh striking S Sreesanth with a backhand before teammates intervene.
• Sreesanth’s wife, Bhuvneshwari, condemned Lalit Modi and Clarke for airing the footage, calling the move “heartless and inhuman” for forcing families to relive old trauma.
• Commentator Harsha Bhogle said the video was kept out of public view in 2008 to protect the nascent Indian Premier League’s image during its first season.
• Harbhajan was found guilty of misconduct by the BCCI disciplinary committee in 2008, forfeited his match fees, and was suspended for the remainder of the IPL season, reported as an 11‑match ban.
• Both players later reconciled, and Harbhajan has repeatedly apologised and described the episode as a major regret, with no new disciplinary actions reported after the video’s release.