Mistaken identity costs MP's Harpreet Singh an IPL call

But that incident appears to have had bigger repercussions for another talented cricketer- Madhya Pradesh’s Harpreet Singh Bhatia as an incorrect tweet forced the franchises to not bid for him. 

“We wanted to buy him, but as news came of Harpreet’s arrest, we decided not to do so since it would give the franchise a bad image. But later, when the auction got over, we came to know it was Harmeet and not Harpreet,” an unnamed franchise official said to the Indian Express.

A visibly disturbed Harpreet, who has been one of domestic cricket’s most consistent performers, said, “I’m mentally disturbed… Mera naamtohkharab ho gayana (I have got a bad name). How can one clear that? I am getting calls from everyone asking what have you done. I was hoping to be picked up at the IPL auction… When my name came, the franchises must have felt why to take a player who is in police custody. I am not bothered about IPL now, it’s gone. But even if you run a search on my name on Google, the first thing that comes up is that I was arrested.”