New Delhi, March 29 -- Harbhajan Singh came down heavily towards a fan on social media with a "dog" jibe on Sunday after the former Indian cricketer was accused of being jealous of peer Ravichandran Ashwin. The incident came into light after Ashwin made his Hindi commentary debut during the first match of the 19th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) opener in Bengaluru.

It all started with a X account named 'Homie' who called Harbhajan a "chapri" (a derogatory term used to signal someone's supposed lack of taste or class) along with former cricketers Navjot Singh Sidhu and Virender Sehwag. In a photocollage, the user put West Indies' Ian Bishop on top on the Indian cricketing trio of Sehwag, Sidhu and Harbhajan.

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