Former India Nationwide Cricket Group batsman Robin Uthappa has brutally slammed the previous Australia Nationwide Cricket Group skipper Michael Clarke for making the Harbhajan Singh–S Sreesanth IPL slapgate video public.
Robin Uthappa dropped an F-bomb and questioned how Michael Clarke would have felt if somebody leaked an offensive video of an Australian cricketer that was meant to be personal.
How did the IPL slapgate video get leaked?
The ugly slapgate incident occurred throughout the inaugural version of the Indian Premier League (IPL) season when Harbhajan Singh slapped S Sreesanth on the sphere after a match between Punjab Kings (then Kings XI Punjab) and Mumbai Indians.
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Harbhajan gave a backhand slap to Sreesanth, which shocked everybody, and the pacer was seen crying on the stay broadcast.
After the incident, the IPL governing council got here down onerous on Harbhajan Singh and handed him a suspension together with a heavy effective. Since then, Harbhajan Singh has apologized to Sreesanth a number of occasions and labelled that incident as the largest mistake of his life.
Issues cooled down between Sreesanth and Harbhajan Singh, and each now share a great bond. Nevertheless, the IPL slapgate as soon as once more grew to become the speaking level when video footage of the incident was made public by Lalit Modi and Michael Clarke in a Beyond23 podcast in August 2025.
What the f*** man? How does somebody get away with stuff like that? – Robin Uthappa
For the reason that video of the incident has been made public, Harbhajan Singh and S Sreesanth’s spouse, Bhuvneshwari Kumari, have slammed Lalit Modi and Michael Clarke. Now, Robin Uthappa has additionally given a brutal bashing to Clarke whereas dropping an F-bomb.
“That complete Slapgate factor that occurred within the IPL. What the f*** man? How does somebody get away with stuff like that?” Uthappa stated on the Kim-Appa present with Jarrod Kimber.
“Now, think about we put up a clip of one thing that an Australian did that was offensive, that was saved below wraps for the respect of that complete scenario, to save lots of the respect of that scenario, which is an impulsive, dangerous choice {that a} human being made… Now that you’ve got gone and interviewed somebody, and you have entry to the file, do you assume you will have the correct to publish it, put that into the world, and make these two individuals undergo that complete emotion, that uncooked emotion, 20 years later?” he added.
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The place is your sense of sensitivity and empathy for different individuals? – Robin Uthappa
Robin Uthappa lashed out at Michael Clarke for the dearth of empathy proven and stated that doing unethical issues for views isn’t proper.
“The place is your sense of sensitivity and empathy for different individuals? All of us make errors, however are we going to maintain placing it on the market to make individuals undergo the embarrassment of the incorrect decisions the particular person has made?
“For me, it’s guys who aren’t brown skinned who get away with it much more. At the moment, we’re talking about Sunny G having an opinion on what different international locations discuss Indian cricket. However what about this? Think about the human implications of this… You possibly can’t deal with individuals like crap simply because it’ll get you extra views,” Robin Uthappa added.
