Harbhajan Singh was incredulous about Andrew Symonds’ ‘claim’ that the former “broke down crying” while making peace for the infamous ‘monkeygate’ episode in 2008.
‘WHEN DID THAT HAPPEN ??? BROKE DOWN ???? WHAT FOR ???’ tweeted the India off-spinner in reaction to the Australian all-rounder’s contention that they emotionally called a truce, when turning up for Mumbai Indians in the IPL, three years after the incident.
“...He actually broke down crying, and I could just see that was a huge weight off his shoulders, he had to get rid of it. We shook hands and I gave him a hug and said: ‘Mate, it’s all good. It’s dealt with’,” Symonds told Fox Sports .
Symonds continued “...look, I’ve [Harbhajan] got to say sorry to you for what I did to you in Sydney. I apologise, I hope I didn’t cause you, your family, your friends too much harm and I really apologise for what I said, I shouldn’t have said it’”
Symonds has previously recounted how his life went downhill after the incident.
“I suppose this would be the moment where my whole persona to cricket changed,” Symonds, who is commentating on India’s current tour of Australia, said of ‘monkeygate’
“I didn’t realise how powerful one player, one incident, how much money was at stake and the ramifications.”
