Harbhajan Singh racially abuses Jofra Archer!! IPL ban incoming

Former India cricketer Harbhajan Singh stirred controversy during the second match IPL 2025 match between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Rajasthan Royals in Hyderabad. The former offspinner was heard using racist remarks against RR fast bowler Jofra Archer during the game.

Harbhajan Singh is a part of the commentary panel of the Indian Premier League. During his stint, he compared Archer with a "black taxi'. His words didn't go unnoticed and the social media was quick to pounce on it.

The fans were unhappy with this behavior and demanded an apology from Harbhajan. The users even asked the broadcaster to take strict action against the former CSK spinner and remove him from the panel for the rest of the season.

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Harbhajan Singh's racist comments during commentary

During the 18th over of the first innings of the match when SRH was batting, Harbhajan Singh made this racist comment. Jofra Archer was bowling the over while Ishan Kishan and Heinrich Klaasen were at the crease for Sunrisers.

Archer was having a bad day as he was going for plenty of runs. With the pitch being absolutely flat, both Kishan and Klaasen were going hard at the ball. During this moment, Harbhajan compared Jofra Archer with London's Black Taxi.

“London me kaali taxi ka meter tez bhaagta hai, Aur yaha pe (Jofra) Archer sahab ka meter bhi tez bhaaga hai (Like the meter of London’s black taxis, Archer’s meter has also been on the higher side),” Harbhajan said on air.

It was an unexpected comment from a senior commentator who has been at this role for several years. After announcing his retirement in 2021, he has been a constant face among the commentators in the matches involving India and the IPL.

Fans slam Harbhajan Singh

The fans were quick to notice this blunder and slammed Harbhajan for his racist thinking. They even demanded his suspension for the rest of the IPL from Star Sports.

Racism at Peak 😂😂😂😂
Harbhajan Singh Calling Archer Kali Taxi pic.twitter.com/ijdEqFgNbX

— B‎ I‎ S‎ W‎ A‎ J‎ E‎ E‎ T‎ (@Biswajeet_2277) March 23, 2025

England mein kaali taxi kar meter bohot tez chalta hai aaj Jofra ka meter bhi waisa hi chal rha??? Get this racist Harbhajan Singh out of commentary 😭

— chanakya fc (@The_Sleigher) March 23, 2025

Obviously in the UK we get the #IPL2025 world feed so didn’t hear Harbhajan Singh and his awful racist comment about Archer first hand.
However plenty did and it’s time that IPL and Star Sports take a stance and take him off air.

— Erika Morris (@ErikaMorris79) March 23, 2025

Harbhajan Singh has called Jofra Archer a black taxi driver with a high meter value just now in the Hindi commentary. This is vile and disgusting. Please ban him.

— ` (@FourOverthrows) March 23, 2025

Jofra Archer records worst IPL figures

Jofra Archer had a poor day in the office as he conceded 76 runs in just four overs without any wickets to his tally. The figures of 4-0-76-0 are the worst-ever figures in the history of the IPL.

Archer surpassed Mohit Sharma, who had previously conceded 73 runs in his spell when he played for Gujarat Titans. Archer conceded 10 fours and 4 sixes during his spell as Sunrisers posted a mammoth total of 286-6 on the board.

Ishan Kishan scored a magnificent ton on his SRH debut and finished unbeaten on 106 off just 47 balls. Travis Head scored a fine fifty while the other batters also made vital contributions.

In reply, Rajasthan Royals gave it their all but were still found short of the target. RR scored 242-6 on the back of half-centuries from Dhruv Jurel and Sanju Samson.