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<p>Created page with &quot;&lt;br&gt;Andrew Symonds admits he started drinking &quot;way too much&quot; after his &#039;Monkeygate&#039; incident with Harbhajan Singh.&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt;He also revealed the Indian spinner later broke down...&quot;</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>&lt;br&gt;Andrew Symonds admits he started drinking &quot;way too much&quot; after his 'Monkeygate' incident with Harbhajan Singh.&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt;He also revealed the Indian spinner later broke down in tears when he finally apologised over the episode.&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt;Symonds was allegedly called a monkey by Singh during a heated Test match at the SCG in 2008.&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt;The Australian allrounder alleges Singh had also called him a monkey during a previous ODI clash but promised not to do it again after that match.&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt;Singh has previously claimed he never called Symonds a monkey during the SCG Test but rather the Hindi slur 'teri maa ki'.&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt;The controversial spinner was initially handed a three-match Test ban but it was later overturned as the powerful Board of Control for Cricket in India flexed its considerable muscle.&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt;&quot;I suppose this would be the moment where my whole persona to cricket changed,&quot; Symonds said in a Fox Cricket documentary Monkeygate - Ten Years On.&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt;&quot;I didn't realise the politics, the power, the money until this moment in my career,.&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt;&quot;I didn't realise how powerful one player, one incident, how much money was at stake and the ramifications.&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt;&quot;I went downhill pretty fast after this because I felt responsible for four of my mates, close mates (Michael Clarke, Ricky Ponting, Matthew Hayden, Adam Gilchrist), that I dragged into this whole situation and it beared very heavily on me.&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt;&quot;I started drinking way too much and my cricket, my mindset -- I started to go downhill, I just wasn't in the right frame of mind.&quot;&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt;Symonds scored 162no and 61 in a match-winning performance in that Sydney Test.&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt;But his Test career ended less than 12 months later as his life started to spiral out of control.&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt;However, Symonds reached a sense of closure when he joined Singh at IPL franchise Mumbai Indians a few years later.&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt;&quot;When I first arrived there was deafening silence in the dressing shed when I walked in. There was a pink elephant in the corner.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;You could feel it,&quot; Symonds said.&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt;&quot;We (went) to a very wealthy man's place for a barbecue, drinks and dinner one night and the whole team's there and he had guests there, and Harbhajan said, 'Mate, can I speak to you for a minute out in the garden out the front?'&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt;&quot;He goes, 'Look, I've got to say sorry to you for what I did to you in Sydney. I apologise, I hope I didn't cause you, your family, your friends too much harm and I really apologise for what I said, I shouldn't have said it'.&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt;&quot;And he actually broke down crying, and I could just see that was a huge weight off his shoulders, [https://soulofcricketer.bookmark.com/harbhajan-singh-performance-in-ipl https://soulofcricketer.bookmark.com/harbhajan-singh-performance-in-ipl] he had to get rid of it.&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt;&quot;We shook hands and I gave him a hug and said, 'Mate, it's all good. It's dealt with'.&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt;&quot;I said to him, 'It wasn't your fault or my fault, it was the way it was all handled', and after that you could see that it was a weight off his shoulders.&quot;&lt;br&gt;</div>

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