BGT 2024-25: Harbhajan Singh opens up on ’monkeygate’ scandal with Andrew Symonds, says ‘We sat together for a long…’
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BGT 2024-25: Harbhajan Singh opens up on ’monkeygate’ scandal with Andrew Symonds, says ‘We sat together for a long…’

Live Mint  

With the Border Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25 underway between India and Australia, no one can forget the India spin great Harbhajan Singh's feud with Australia all-rounder Andrew Symonds during the BGT 2007-08. Years later, Harbhajan opened up, saying he became very good friends with Andrew Symonds after the duo got to know each other better at the Indian Premier League franchise Mumbai Indians in 2011. Post 'monkeygate' scandal: IPL franchise Mumbai Indians bought Andrew Symonds in 2011 auction. Ind vs Aus, 4th Test, BGT 2024-25: Meanwhile, Rohit Sharma-led Indian Cricket Team is all set to face Pat Cummins-led Australia for the fourth Test match from December 26 at Melbourne Cricket Ground in the ongoing Border Gavaskar Trophy.

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Harbhajan Singh hopes Head-Siraj row ends after ICC sanctions: Enough is enough
2 weeks, 1 day ago

Harbhajan Singh hopes Head-Siraj row ends after ICC sanctions: Enough is enough

India Today  

Harbhajan Singh is hoping that the ICC sanctions will bring an end to the ongoing Travis Head vs Mohammed Siraj row, which happened during the Adelaide. Speaking to Star Sports, Harbhajan started off by saying that the ICC was being too strict on the players as such things do happen on the field. The former spinner said that now since …

Heated Mohammed Siraj-Travis Head Exchange: Latest addition to Border-Gavaskar Trophy's storied controversies
2 weeks, 1 day ago

Heated Mohammed Siraj-Travis Head Exchange: Latest addition to Border-Gavaskar Trophy's storied controversies

Hindustan Times  

The Border-Gavaskar Trophy has once again found itself in the spotlight after a heated exchange between India's pacer Mohammed Siraj and Australia’s batter Travis Head during the second Test in Adelaide. Harbhajan-Symonds racial slur allegations The Sydney Test in January 2008 remains one of the ugliest episodes in the Trophy’s history. Kohli’s middle finger to the Aussie crowd Virat Kohli …

Aaron Finch slams Sunil Gavaskar for 'over the top' remarks on Josh Hazlewood
2 weeks, 6 days ago

Aaron Finch slams Sunil Gavaskar for 'over the top' remarks on Josh Hazlewood

India Today  

Former Australia captain Aaron Finch has slammed Sunil Gavaskar for making over the top comments on Josh Hazlewood. Finch called out one of Gavaskar's columns on Sportstar which alleged that there was a rift in the Australian side after their 295-run loss in the opening Test match of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. Finch's comments came in the backdrop of Gavaskar alleging …

Former India spinner Harbhajan Singh reveals his picks for finalists of IPL 2024
7 months ago

Former India spinner Harbhajan Singh reveals his picks for finalists of IPL 2024

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi, : Former India spinner Harbhajan Singh named Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Kolkata Knight Riders as the two teams he feels will play the Indian Premier League final. Former India spinner Harbhajan Singh reveals his picks for finalists of IPL 2024 After enduring a month full of defeats in April, RCB are flying high with six wins on the …

Harbhajan Singh launches fresh attack on RCB after SRH smash IPL records: ‘Someone needs to raise their hand…’
8 months, 1 week ago

Harbhajan Singh launches fresh attack on RCB after SRH smash IPL records: ‘Someone needs to raise their hand…’

Hindustan Times  

"When your confidence is low, there's nowhere to hide in the game," Faf du Plessis said after Royal Challengers Bengaluru recorded their worst bowling performance against Sunrisers Hyderabad in the Indian Premier League on Monday. Reflecting on RCB's winless run in the IPL 2024, legendary cricketer Harbhajan Singh slammed the misfiring bowling attack of the Bengaluru-based franchise. RCB left premier …

Border-Gavaskar Trophy: 5 Biggest controversies in India vs Australia Test series featuring Monkeygate in 2008
1 year, 10 months ago

Border-Gavaskar Trophy: 5 Biggest controversies in India vs Australia Test series featuring Monkeygate in 2008

India TV News  

Image Source : Getty 1/6 Border-Gavaskar Trophy: 5 Biggest controversies in India vs Australia Test series featuring Monkeygate in 2008 Image Source : Getty 2/6 The ‘Monkeygate Scandal’ refers to the verbal altercation between Andrew Symonds and Harbhajan Singh in the second Test between India and Australia in Sydney in 2008, where the off-spinner allegedly hurled a racist abuse at …

Remembering Roy: When emotional Symonds hugged Harbhajan three years after 'Monkeygate'
2 years, 7 months ago

Remembering Roy: When emotional Symonds hugged Harbhajan three years after 'Monkeygate'

Firstpost  

In a poignant incident during that 2011 season, both Harbhajan and Symonds let their hair down for the first time New Delhi: Andrew Symonds never got a proper closure in the Monkeygate episode. Symonds deserved to be in that elite league of revered Aussie players and that summer of IPL that he spent in Mumbai Indians after three seasons with …

Andrew Symonds: Australian all-round great loved by teammates
2 years, 7 months ago

Andrew Symonds: Australian all-round great loved by teammates

Firstpost  

Andrew Symonds, who died on Saturday night in a car crash aged 46, was instantly recognisable on the cricket field with a mop of dreadlocks poking out from his baggy green cap and lips gleaming with white zinc cream. Symonds — nicknamed “Roy” — played 26 Tests and 198 50-over games for Australia in an international career spanning more than …

AUS vs IND Sydney Test: Not first time Australian crowd doing this nonsense, says Harbhajan Singh
3 years, 11 months ago

AUS vs IND Sydney Test: Not first time Australian crowd doing this nonsense, says Harbhajan Singh

India TV News  

Veteran off-spinner Harbhajan Singh on Sunday condemned the racial slurs hurled at Indian players by a section of a crowd at the Sydney Cricket Ground during the third Test against Australia. His comments came after the Indian team raised complaints of racial abuse from the crowd at the end of the third day in the ongoing third Test against Australia. …

‘Symonds didn’t want to play the IPL due to his blowout with Harbhajan,’ Former Kings XI Punjab CEO reveals interesting story
4 years, 6 months ago

‘Symonds didn’t want to play the IPL due to his blowout with Harbhajan,’ Former Kings XI Punjab CEO reveals interesting story

Hindustan Times  

Former CEO of Kings XI Punjab Neil Maxwell has revealed how the first ever IPL was in danger of seeing no Australian participation. Maxwell, who is a cricket agent described that due to the controversy surrounding Harbhajan Singh and Andrew Symonds because of the entire “Monkeygate” incident, the former allrounder was reluctant in coming to India to play in the …

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