Frolicsomeness

Ahead of Monday’s crucial disciplinary hearing over the issue, pacer S Sreesanth said on Sunday that the incident in which Harbhajan Singh slapped him was actually a “slugfest” (fist blow), a statement that’s likely to strengthen the case against the temperamental off-spinner, who maybe headed for a minimum punishment of being banned for five Test or 10 ODIs.

Reversing his earlier stance that Harbhajan was like an “elder brother” and the slap was a “hand shake on the wrong side”, Sreesanth told a television channel in Malayalam that “It was more than a slap, it was like a slugfest. I never expected this reaction from him, I was very surprised.”