Indian Premier League (IPL) founder and former commissioner Lalit Modi has reacted to Sreesanth’s wife Bhuvneshwari’s comments after Modi and Michael Clarke released unseen video footage of the infamous IPL slapgate incident from IPL 2008, which involved Harbhajan Singh and Sreesanth.
Delving into the details, Modi was invited as a guest on Michael Clarke’s Beyond23 podcast, where the former unveiled the unseen footage of Bhajji delivering a backhanded slap to Sreesanth after an IPL match during the teams’ handshake.
“I don't know why she (Sreesanth's wife Bhuvneshwari) is getting angry. I was asked a question, and I shared the truth. I can't do anything about that. I am known to speak the truth. Sree was the victim, and that's exactly what I said. No one had asked me this question earlier, so when Clarke quipped, I responded,” Modi told IANS.
Though both cricketers buried their past and are now close with each other, this unveiling of unseen footage didn’t go down well with Sreesanth’s wife as she took to Instagram to lash out at both Modi and Clarke for being inhuman.
“Disgusting, heartless and inhuman. 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 in life and are fathers now with school-going children, and yet you try to throw them back into an old wound. Absolutely disgusting, heartless, and inhuman,” Bhuvneshwari wrote on her Instagram handle.
“@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. 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,” she wrote.
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“I am known to speak the truth” - Lalit Modi reacts to Sreesanth’s wife’s comments; defends release of unseen slapgate footage
Lalit Modi responds to Sreesanth’s wife’s outrage over the release of unseen slapgate footage, saying “I only spoke the truth” on Clarke’s podcast.
Indian Premier League (IPL) founder and former commissioner Lalit Modi has reacted to Sreesanth’s wife Bhuvneshwari’s comments after Modi and Michael Clarke released unseen video footage of the infamous IPL slapgate incident from IPL 2008, which involved Harbhajan Singh and Sreesanth.
Delving into the details, Modi was invited as a guest on Michael Clarke’s Beyond23 podcast, where the former unveiled the unseen footage of Bhajji delivering a backhanded slap to Sreesanth after an IPL match during the teams’ handshake.
“I don't know why she (Sreesanth's wife Bhuvneshwari) is getting angry. I was asked a question, and I shared the truth. I can't do anything about that. I am known to speak the truth. Sree was the victim, and that's exactly what I said. No one had asked me this question earlier, so when Clarke quipped, I responded,” Modi told IANS.
Though both cricketers buried their past and are now close with each other, this unveiling of unseen footage didn’t go down well with Sreesanth’s wife as she took to Instagram to lash out at both Modi and Clarke for being inhuman.
“Disgusting, heartless and inhuman. 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 in life and are fathers now with school-going children, and yet you try to throw them back into an old wound. Absolutely disgusting, heartless, and inhuman,” Bhuvneshwari wrote on her Instagram handle.
“@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. 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,” she wrote.
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