Andrew Symonds says India spinner Harbhajan Singh “broke down crying” while making peace after the infamous ‘monkeygate’ episode had sent the former Australian all-rounder into a downward spiral. A decade on from the ugly incident in the 2008 Sydney Test, where Harbhajan was accused of calling Symonds a “monkey”, the Australian said they emotionally called a truce three years later. “...He actually broke down crying, and I could just see that was a huge weight off his shoulders, he had to get rid of it. “I suppose this would be the moment where my whole persona to cricket changed,” Symonds, who is commentating on India’s current tour of Australia, said of ‘monkeygate’. “I didn’t realise how powerful one player, one incident, how much money was at stake and the ramifications.”First Published: Dec 16, 2018 14:59 IST

Source: Hindustan Times December 16, 2018 09:29 UTC