Mohali, October 02: Seeking to clear air over the altercation paceman Zaheer Khan had with Ricky Ponting, India off-spinner Harbhajan Singh today said the whole issue was a misunderstanding on part of the Australian captain.
Harbhajan said Zaheer’s remarks were not directed at Ponting as the paceman was just talking about the rival skipper with teammate VVS Laxman.
“I was not there when the incident happened. But a teammate told me that Zaheer was telling Laxman that ‘Ponting is getting old’. Ponting thought it was directed at him and he came back asking what did he exactly say?,” Harbhajan told official broadcasters before the start of the second day’s play today.
Ponting had heated exchange with Zaheer after being run out on the opening day of the first Test here.
–PTI