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<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nNEW DELHI: Former India fast bowler S Sreesanth has reignited his infamous feud with Harbhajan Singh<\/a>, throwing down an open challenge to the former spinner for an in-ring fight nearly two decades after the IPL<\/a>‘s infamous ‘Slapgate’ controversy.In explosive remarks made during an appearance on Lallantop, Sreesanth accused Harbhajan of repeatedly profiting from the 2008 incident and challenged his former India teammate to settle their differences in a genuine combat contest.\u201cThis same scene, do you have the guts? Do you have the guts to come into the ring with me? Can you sign and come?\u201d Sreesanth said while referring to an old promotional image of the pair wearing boxing gloves.\u201cWearing these same gloves? This is not acting. I am smiling. You are not even smiling, I don’t know what you are doing. Let’s see. This is an open challenge,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n Sreesanth, who recently became involved with the Bear Knuckle Fight League, doubled down on his challenge and urged Harbhajan to settle the issue inside the ring instead of revisiting the controversy through advertisements.\u201cI am currently in the Bear Knuckle Fight League. I am challenging you, Bhajji,\u201d he said. \u201cIf you have this much of a problem with the slap thing and me, and you earn this much… let me earn too. Come into the ring. I am calling you from my heart.\u201d\u201cIf we have some self-respect, let’s not do ads and all that. In a genuine way, for all the Malayalis and all the Sardars, please come. I am waiting,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n The former pacer revealed that he had never publicly spoken about Harbhajan and the 2008 incident until recently, claiming that a new advertisement featuring the ex-spinner had reignited painful memories.\u201cI have never spoken about Bhajji in any interview. This is going to be the first time,\u201d Sreesanth had told Mathrubhumi when the new Harbhajan ad emerged. \u201cUntil recently there were no problems, but he made an ad about it once again. He made around Rs 80 lakh to Rs 1 crore off it.\u201dSreesanth said the ad prompted him to cut ties with Harbhajan once again.\u201cIf someone wrongs you, you should forgive them but never forget. If you forget, they will do the same thing again. He is the biggest example for that,\u201d he said. \u201cI have no relationship with that person. I used to call him a brother. But in that last one or two months he did that ad and now I have blocked him on Instagram.\u201dThe comments have revived memories of the 2008 IPL ‘Slapgate’ episode, when Harbhajan, then representing Mumbai Indians, slapped Sreesanth after a match against Kings XI Punjab. Harbhajan later apologised and was suspended for the remainder of the season, with both players appearing to have reconciled in the years that followed.However, Sreesanth’s latest outburst suggests the wounds from one of Indian cricket’s most controversial off-field incidents are far from healed.<\/div>\n\u2018If you have a problem with me, come into the ring\u2019
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