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'I've forgiven him'

PTI, New Delhi
Still in a state of shock after being punciied by one of his Indian team-mates, Kerala pacer Shanthakumaran Sreesanth said he has no bitter feeling towards Harbhajan Singh and he has forgiven the volatile off-spinner.
The spunky Kerala speedster said he had actually gone to shake hands with Harbhajan after Friday's Indian Premier League match between Kings XI Punjab and Mumbai Indians when the temperamental off-spinner hit lum.
"Bhajji is like an elder brother and I have forgiven him," Sreesanth said in an interview to Asianet channel.
"I went to shake hands with him after the play was over but I did not expect such kind of response. It was not just a slap but something like a punch," hesaid.
And still, Sreesanth claimed, he does not hold any ill feeling towards Harbhajan. "I have to forget it Whatever happened is over. I'm not the kind of a guy who would nurse grudges. Of course I was hurt.. It was totally unexpected and I have nothing more to say," Sreesanth said.
He said Harbhajan was not in the best of his moods after the Mumbai side he was leading crashed to their third successive defeat in the IPL But still his behavious stunned him.
"Mumbai had lost three matches in a row and Bhajji was very angry. Still it was unbelievable." Sreesanth will appear in Monday's disciplinary hearing in Delhi where Match Referee Farookh Engineer would hear both the sides before announcinghis verdict
Sreesanth said he was trying to concentrate on his game. "I have to continue playing and concentrate on my game, "he said.
Meanwhile, 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", a statement that's likely to strengthen the case against the tem-
peramental off-spinner, who maybe headed for a minimum punishment of being banned forfiveTestor I OODIs.
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 his native Kerala that * It was more than a slap, it was like a slugfest I never expected this reaction from him, I was very surprised. ”
I larbhajan is to appear before former Indian wicketkeeper Farookh Engineer, who was the Match Referee at the Indian Premier League match at Mohali on Friday after which the slapping incidence took place.
For Mumbai Indians, coach Laid land Rajput and the team manager would accompany Harbhajan, while Sreesanth will appear alongv.ith King' sXI Punjab CEO Neil Maxwell and captain Yuvraj Singh. IPL Chairman and Commissioner Lalit Modi will also be present on the occasion.
Engineer has already made it clear that the matter would not be swept under carpet.