We all know that Indian veteran spin bowler Harbhajan Singh made comments against selecting MS Dhoni into the 15-men squad for the ICC Champions Trophy and the privileges given to him by the BCCI and the selection committee. Bhajji became the center of media attention after his comments.

There were many media sites covered this news and gave their own verdicts about Bhajji’s quotes. This incident made many people furious and they made their own assumptions on the issue.

A day after the comments went viral on social media, Bhajji came to clarify all the comments he did against MS Dhoni. He claimed that media is making up false stories about him just for their own publicity.

He cleared it up with three tweets and also shared the video interview with NDTV; Bhajji asked the media to watch it before misquoting him.

His first tweet requested the media to not misquote him all the time. Here’s the first tweet;

“1/3 Dear media plz don’t misquote all the time. Any1 who wants 2know what exactly I said in that interview please go & see the entire video.”

1/3 Dear media plz don’t misquote all the time. Any1 who wants 2know what exactly I said in that interview please go & see the entire video. pic.twitter.com/aatVC4wxzM

— Harbhajan Turbanator (@harbhajan_singh) May 26, 2017

Bhajji’s quotes said in the video:

“Yes, there is no doubt that MS Dhoni brings a lot to the table apart from his batting, whether he is in form or not. Obviously, we have seen that he is not hitting the ball as well as we have seen. But he has been captain and he understands the game and having him in the middle will help a lot of youngsters and people out there who are not feeling great in particular moments. So he has that edge. But when it comes to me. I do feel that we are not given that sort of privilege, We too have played for 19 years and won and lost India matches. I have won two World Cups too. So this privilege is for some players, and for some, it is not and I’m one of those for whom this privilege is not there. I don’t know why that is the case. That question of ‘why’, needs to be asked to the selectors.”

As all other media sites misquoted, we too did the same in our yesterday’s post. Although we mentioned the exact text version of what he said, we should have posted the video with it, because the tone of speech makes a lot of difference.

In the second tweet, he wrote that Dhoni is a very good friend of him. He never doubted the credibility of Dhoni as a player and never said anything against him. Here’s the second tweet;

“2/3 MSD is a dear friend &a great player, I never doubted his selection so please don’t quote me on things which I never said against him.”

2/3 MSD is a dear friend &a great player, I never doubted his selection so please don’t quote me on things which I never said against him

— Harbhajan Turbanator (@harbhajan_singh) May 26, 2017

In his third tweet, Bhajji said that the media is misquoting him only to get clicks; he further requests the media to not hurt others for their own benefit. Here’s the third tweet;

“3/3 just to run ur sites n create ‘sensational stories’ don’t misquote & run out of context to harm someone else’s image.”

3/3 just to run ur sites n create ‘sensatiinonal stories’ don’t misquote & run out of context to harm someone elses image.

— Harbhajan Turbanator (@harbhajan_singh) May 26, 2017

Yes, what Harbhajan said is true. No one should make an assumption without knowing the truth or the complete story. The only mistake we did yesterday was not posting the video. We all must have realized now how words and video can make a lot of difference.

We strongly recommend you to watch the video to see under what conditions he quoted his words in the interview.