What was the Monkeygate incident?

Twelve years ago on this day in 2008, the New Year’s Test between India and Australia at the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG), remembered mostly for the ‘Monkeygate’ scandal, saw one of the ugliest controversies in cricket erupt. Australia beat India by 122 runs in the Test, but the real battle was yet to come.

What was monkeygate scandal Quora?

The ‘Monkeygate Scandal’ refers to the verbal altercation between Andrew Symonds and Harbhajan Singh in the second Test between India and Australia in Sydney in 2008, where the off-spinner allegedly hurled a racist abuse at Symonds, referring to him as a ‘Monkey’.

What happened to Symonds?

Andrew Symonds is currently residing in Townsville, Queensland. Since his retirement, the cricketer has made several guest appearances as a commentator for the Australian Big Bash League (BBL). The all-rounder was also approached by the Fox Sports to become their commentator for the 2018-19 BBL season.

What happened between Andrew Symonds and Harbhajan Singh?

At one point, Symonds was seen having a word with Harbhajan and chaos descended soon after that. It emerged that the Australians were convinced that Harbhajan had taunted Symonds with the word “monkey”, a racially offensive insult while the Indian stood firm that he had not said that word.

Why is Border Gavaskar Trophy?

The Indian cricket team had faced Australia in 50 Test matches between 1947 and 1996. And then the fabled competition was renamed the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in 1996 to celebrate the record-breaking achievements of cricket legends Sunil Gavaskar of India and former Australia captain Allan Border.

What happened on Sydney Cricket Ground?

To the surprise of everyone, fans at Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) misbehaved with India pacer Mohammed Siraj again on Day 4 of the ongoing third Test match between India and Australia. A big controversy had erupted yesterday after the 26-year-old pacer and teammate Jasprit Bumrah were racially abused on Saturday.

What happened at India vs Australia?

An injury-ravaged India beat Australia by three wickets in the series-deciding fourth Test at the Gabba, a month after the Adelaide debacle where they scored their lowest Test score of 36. “They’ve played really good, tough, hard Test match cricket day-in and day-out.

Who is Symonds father?

Ken Symonds
Andrew Symonds/Fathers

Why is Harbhajan called Symonds monkey?

The Indian team later appealed against the punishment’s levied on Harbhajan along with the racial-abuse charge. Symonds also revealed that Harbhajan had called him a monkey several times even before the Sydney Test.

What did Symonds Bowl?

#3 Andrew Symonds One of the main features of Symonds’ bowling was his ability to bowl both spin and medium pace bowling. While in the early part of his career he bowled medium pace bowling, the all-rounder turned into an off-break bowler later.