A string of Houdini acts has convinced Harbhajan Singh that the Indian cricket team has mastered the escape-to-victory art and there is nothing, including the World Cup, they cannot achieve.
Off-spinner Harbhajan Singh, who missed out on a place in India's one-day squad for the tour of Sri Lanka because of a hamstring injury, said he would come back fitter for the subsequent series against New Zealand.
Piyush Chawla and Harbhajan Singh spun India to a thumping 38-run win over Australia in their first warm-up game of the Cricket World Cup in Bangalore on Sunday.
India's under-19 cricket team was swamped with congratulatory messages from politicians, cricketers and corporate bosses on Twitterati for lifting its third U-19 World Cup title after a gap of four years at Townsville.
The Indian cricket team held a meeting at a hotel in Sydney on Monday morning to express solidarity with Harbhajan Singh, who has been slapped with a three-Test suspension for an alleged racial abuse against Australian all-rounder Andrew Symonds.
Umran Malik should partner Jasprit Bumrah when India plays in Australia (for T20 World Cup), says Former India off-spinner Harbhajan Singh.
Out-of-favour India off-spinner and Punjab skipper Harbhajan Singh on Saturday said he is determined to perform in the upcoming Ranji Trophy quarterfinal clash against Jharkhand and stage a comeback to the national side for the One-day series against England.
Indian cricketers turned to social media to extend their heartfelt wishes on the occasion of the 77th Independence Day.
Reader Bodhisattwa Dasgupta sent us a picture of Harbhajan Singh from Mumbai.
'He has played 100 Tests, he deserves respect.'
Ace off-spinner Harbhajan Singh feels the South African batsmen, who put up 304 for 4 on Day 1 of the first Test, will struggle in the second innings when the pitch deteriorates.
Images from the fifth and final day's play of the opening Test between India and New Zealand at Motera on Monday.
Ace spinner Harbhajan Singh feels India have a great chance of winning the second Test against South Africa provided they bat well in the first session and post a target of over 300 on Tuesday, Day 3.
The opening Test between India and New Zealand at the Sardar Patel Stadium in Motera ended as a draw on the fifth and final day on Monday. The visitors, chasing 295 to win, had made 22 for one when play was called off.
Seasoned players Sachin Tendulkar and Harbhajan Singh were rested while Yuvraj Singh was recalled in the 15-member Indian squad for the upcoming cricket tri-series in Sri Lanka, beginning from August 10.
A resurgent India have dropped struggling opener Wasim Jaffer but are still undecided whether to opt for a five-pronged bowling attack as they go into the fourth and final cricket Test against Australia in Adelaide on Thursday seeking to level the four-match series.
Harbhajan Singh and Ravindra Jadeja have been retained by Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings respectively for the 2013 season of the Indian Premier League.
Even if Team India looks to regain the lost momentum at the Eden Gardens there isn't very goods news coming in from the camp ahead of the third Test.
Off-spinner Harbhajan Singh is excited that India are playing in Mumbai in the World Cup final on Saturday as the city has become his second home after basing there for three years as a Mumbai Indians player.
Kirmani said with adequate rest and medication, both were expected to be back to business before the tour to Pakistan.
India off-spinner Harbhajan Singh on Thursday came down hard on the pitch at the Sardar Patel stadium in Ahmedabad saying pitches must be prepared to suit the home bowlers.
India might have been reeling at 136 for nine on the first day of the opening Test but spinner Harbhajan Singh said the match is still not over and they had enough ammunition to strike back.
India off-spinner Harbhajan Singh on Sunday said he has never been approached by a bookie in his career and would slap anybody who dares to approach him to fix games.
Hooper, 36, is expected to remain with Lancashire until such time as the Board of Control for Cricket in India clears Harbhajan Singh to play for the county.
Out-of-favour off-spinner Harbhajan Singh feels that he still has another 5-6 years of cricket left in him.
Mumbai Indians' Munaf Patel was docked 25 per cent of his match fee and his captain Harbhajan Singh handed a warning for breach of the IPL Code of Conduct following the heated and prolonged argument they had with the umpires during their side's match against Deccan Chargers in Visakhaptnam on Monday.
Harbhajan Singh has termed the Irani Cup match as the "biggest" he could have got in recent times as the off-spinner intends to stage a comeback to the Indian cricket team for the upcoming four-match Test series against Australia.
Harbhajan Singh's lackluster performance in the first cricket Test against Sri Lanka has put him under pressure.
Mumbai Indians captain Harbhajan Singh wants his team to give their best in their semi-final of the Champions League T20 against Somerset, in Chennai, on Saturday, but says he will not be too bothered about the result.
Critics have ripped him apart in recent times for his poor form but an undeterred Harbhajan Singh says having a clear conscience and performing the role assigned to him by the team is what matters the most.
After achieving the number one status in Test cricket, the Indian team will strive to end the year on a high by winning the five-match One-Day International series against Sri Lanka, says off-spinner Harbhajan Singh. India ascended to the top of Test rankings after winning the three-match series against Sri Lanka 2-0.
The Indian selectors named left-arm pacer Zaheer Khan in the 17-member squad for the tour of Australia, which begins on December 26, in Mumbai, on Saturday.
'I am looking forward to seeing Ravindra Jadeja performing in the IPL.'
Harbhajan Singh on Sunday hailed Rahul Dravid's return to the one-day side, saying the veteran batsman's experience is just what the team needed ahead of this year's Champions Trophy.
Harbhajan Singh, who was dropped for the ODI series against England, has been ignored for the first Test against the West Indies, beginning November 8 at the Ferozeshah Kotla, in Delhi.
The off-spinner is still nursing a finger injury.
The Indian selectors named left-arm pacer Zaheer Khan in the 17-member squad for the tour of Australia, which begins on December 26, in Mumbai, on Saturday.
Harbhajan Singh, who was dropped for the ODI series against England, has been ignored for the first Test against the West Indies, beginning November 8 at the Ferozeshah Kotla, in Delhi.
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