Former India off-spinner Harbhajan Singh has shown regret over his bad behaviour with family after poor performances on the cricket field. While talking about his cricketing career, he further added that sports should never be considered the be-all and end-all of life as well.

During his appearance on the ‘Kutti Stories with Ash’ podcast hosted by Ashwin, Harbhajan said, “Sports should be played like sports and it should not be everything in our life. I used to have fights with my wife when things did not go my way on the field or off it. You bring that mood back home. That anger seeps through in our daily conversations at home. What wrong did they do?”

“If I look back, there were so many times when I had a bad tour and I did not talk to my family properly after coming back. I regret those moments. That time is gone and I made a mess of it. When my sister came to see me, I didn’t talk to her,” the veteran again shared.

While naming cricket as a beautiful chapter of his life, he again stated that beyond the field all that matters is your family only. Harbhajan Singh is married to former actress Geeta Basra and they have two children – daughter Hinaya Heer Plaha (9) and son Jovan Veer Singh Plaha (4).

“For me, cricket is a beautiful chapter in life, but it is not everything in life, which we sometimes feel. And of course, it was the best part of our life. But, when you have your family, your kids, all these things seem much smaller. All these skirmishes feel like nothing when compared to the lives that we are leading with our families,” Harbhajan Singh concluded.