Former Indian off-spinner Harbhajan Singh was yet again targeted by the fans on social media during the IPL 2026 opener between Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) and Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on Saturday, March 28.
Even last year, Harbhajan, alongside his fellow commentators Virender Sehwag, Shikhar Dhawan, and Suresh Raina, was slammed for the quality of Hindi commentary. At that time, the former World Cup winner promised to consider the feedback and took it positively.
Harbhajan Singh targeted by fans during IPL 2026 opener
But this time, the legendary off-spinner Harbhajan Singh has completely lost his cool and responded to some selective users exactly the way they mocked him on social media.
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Actually, as soon as the IPL 2026 got underway on Saturday in Bengaluru, social media filled with nasty and abusive comments for Harbhajan Singh, Sehwag, and Aakash Chopra.
One X user named Homie shared a picture on social media featuring Ian Bishop, Harbhajan, Navjot Singh Sidhu, and Sehwag.
The user crossed the line against Harbhajan Singh, Sehwag, and Sidhu and captioned the meme poster by saying, “Ian Bishop is more Indian than these chapri Hindi commentators 🤡.”
This has left the former Indian star angry, and he decided to respond to him in a typical Indian way, calling that user a dog.
Harbhajan shot back at that user by saying, “हाथी चले बाज़ार । कुत्ते भोंके हज़ार । चल निकल यहाँ से Tomy. Not Homie 🤮 (When an elephant walks through the market, thousands of dogs bark.) So get out of here, Tomy—not Homie.”
हाथी चले बाज़ार । कुत्ते भोंके हज़ार । चल निकल यहाँ से Tomy . Not Homie 🤮 https://t.co/Wa2Nw16EAM
— Harbhajan Turbanator (@harbhajan_singh) March 29, 2026
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It sparked a war of words between the two. Following the former spinner’s sharp response, that X user dragged Ravichandran Ashwin into their clash and even called his commentary “terror.”
He said that Harbhajan was jealous of Ashwin’s career and suggested him to focus on his commentary, otherwise the new commentator will eat this job too.
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He replied to Harbhajan, “Ashwin se jealousy tera career kha gayi ab commentary pe dhyan de warna yaha se bhi retire hona padega. “Turbanator” nahi commentary ke liye “t*rror” hai tu🤮”
To which Harbhajan said: “कुत्ते को घी नहीं पचता और तेरे जैसे लोंडू को जवाब हज़म नहीं हुआ । चल बे टोमी (Dogs can’t digest ghee, and a loser like you can’t stomach the reply. Get lost, Tommy)”
कुत्ते को घी नहीं पचता और तेरे जैसे लोंडू को जवाब हज़म नहीं हुआ । चल बे टोमी https://t.co/0f1FBbj9Fw
— Harbhajan Turbanator (@harbhajan_singh) March 29, 2026
Several trolls on social media have often alleged a rift between Harbhajan and Ashwin, who made his commentary debut on March 28 during the RCB vs SRH clash, but they have always shown respect to each other and cleared the noise around the matter.
After being labelled a joker, Harbhajan Singh fires back with a savage reply
Another used called him, along with Sehwag and Chopra, a joker, and the former spinner mocked him by asking to pick one of them as his father. He replied to him: “Inme se ek ko papa chun le. 😂😂😂 (Choose one of them as the father).”
Inme se ek ko papa chun le 😂😂😂 https://t.co/UtMvrWmiao
— Harbhajan Turbanator (@harbhajan_singh) March 29, 2026
Now, the former Indian star’s abusive responses went viral on social media, with some fans calling him out for using such language despite being a respected figure in the country.
