Harbhajan and Yuvraj had to pay a heavy price for ‘Tauba-Tauba’, filed a police complaint against the legendary cricketers

Rahul Tiwari

khelja|16-07-2024

Former star cricketers of Team India, Yuvraj Singh, Harbhajan Singh and Suresh Raina are once again in controversy. The happiness of these legends after winning the title by defeating Pakistan in the final of the World Championship of Legends tournament in England a few days ago is now vanishing. They themselves are the reason for this. Celebrations after winning the title in the tournament are natural but Harbhajan Singh posted such a video of the celebration, which has now become the reason for the uproar. In this video, Harbhajan, Yuvraj Singh, Raina and Gurkeerat Mann have been accused of insulting the disabled and a complaint has been lodged against the four former cricketers in a Delhi police station.

On Saturday, July 13, India Champions and Pakistan Champions clashed in the final of the World Championship of Legends T20 tournament at Edgbaston Cricket Stadium in Birmingham. Harbhajan Singh was captaining the Indian team in this tournament of former cricketers and India Champions won the title by winning by 5 wickets. The players were celebrating this victory in different ways and in this effort, Harbhajan, Yuvraj, Raina and Gurkeerat made a video in which they were limping while entering the dressing room. The song 'Tauba-Tauba' was playing in the background of the video and Harbhajan wrote in the caption - 15 days of playing Legends cricket made my body tauba-tauba.

Complaint lodged with police

This video angered the disabled community and they were severely criticized in the comments. India's famous para athlete Manasi Joshi reprimanded these players and said that making fun of disabled people suffering from polio in this way is not a good thing. At the same time, the Indian Paralympic Association also expressed its displeasure over this and reprimanded the players. Now in this case, the organization working for the disabled, 'National Center for Promotion of Employment for Disabled People' (NCPEDP) has filed a complaint against the four cricketers at Amar Colony Police Station in New Delhi. Apart from this, a complaint has also been filed against Meta, the parent company of Instagram, for allowing such a video to be posted. A police officer said that this matter will be handed over to the cyber cell.

Harbhajan apologized and deleted the video

After the video created a ruckus, Harbhajan Singh issued a statement on Instagram and apologized. Harbhajan clarified in his statement that he or his teammates had no intention to make fun of the disabled. Harbhajan said that he just wanted to tell that this was the condition of his body after playing cricket continuously. Harbhajan also said that if anyone is hurt by this video of his, then he apologizes for it. Not only this, Harbhajan also deleted this video after the controversy increased. Suresh Raina has also apologized for this video.

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