Mohammed Shami has taken 13 wickets in five matches in ICC ODI knockout games -- the third most wickets by an Indian bowler.
Harbhajan Singh said it was unfair to question Muralitharan after he had perched himself as the highest Test wicket-taker.
Off-spinner Harbhajan Singh was on Sunday night banned for three Test matches after the ICC Match Referee Mike Procter upheld the Australian charge that he had racially abused their all-rounder Andrew Symonds, a decision against which the Indian team will appeal within 24 hours.
The ace off-spinner was told to 'exercise caution while talking to the media'.
A furious Harbhajan Singh chided Adam Gilchrist after the Australian suggested that he was perhaps not out when the Indian spinner had him leg before wicket during his historic hat-trick way back in the Kolkata Test in 2001.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India wants Harbhajan Singh, who will be appearing in his 100th Test in the first of the four-match series against Australia in Chennai on Friday, to regain the form of the 2001 series when he bamboozled the Aussies with a bagful of wickets.
The Indian off-spinner has been reported for a suspected illegal bowling action following concern over his 'doosra' delivery.
Ashwin's 266 wickets at home have come at an average of 22.67.
Harbhajan's injured finger has improved, but the team management does not want to take a chance.
Veteran Indian off-spinner Harbhajan Singh backed senior teammate Sachin Tendulkar, insisting that he remains a phenomenon despite being off-colour in the just-concluded Test series against New Zealand.
Appeals Commissioner Justice John Hansen said Harbhajan Singh might have received a tougher penalty had the ICC correctly informed him about all his prior convictions.
Mumbai Indians' spin spearhead Harbhajan Singh said 100th IPL match is a great achievement.
Harbhajan Singh's tweet about 'spin-friendly' pitches in India lead to a controversy with many perceiving the senior spinner was taking a dig at India's spin king Ravinchandran Ashwin. Ashwin was awarded man of the series for taking 27 wickets in the recently concluded Test series against New Zealand. The off-spinner has also taken the No.1 spot in Test rankings for bowlers.
New Zealand captain Daniel Vettori had no qualms in admitting that India's lower-order batman Harbhajan Singh denied the Kiwis a possible win in the first Test in Ahmedabad with his aggressive brand of cricket.
Harbhajan Singh will lead Punjab in the Ranji Trophy match against Odisha at the Punjab Cricket Association stadium in Mohali, from October 27 to 30.
Australia levelled the five-match Border-Gavaskar Trophy 1-1 with a 10-wicket win in the day-night Test after losing the first Test at Perth by 295 runs.
Harbhajan Singh has already the CSK management about his decision of opting out of the T20 league, starting on September 19.
Film folk visited Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde's residence for Ganpati darshan over the weekend.
"Harbhajan has been an important part of our success," the Indian coach said of the off-spinner's bowling in the current series against Sri Lanka.
Harbhajan, who was part of the T20 squad for the three-match series, was left out for the ODIs but got a lucky call-up after Ashwin managed to bowl only 4.4 overs at Green Park.
Former Australia speedster Brett Lee applauded Harbhajan Singh, saying that the veteran Indian off-spinner has shown a lot of confidence while bowling for Chennai Super Kings in the ongoing IPL.
During the first Test against England in Hyderabad, Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja surpassed the iconic pair of Anil Kumble and Harbhajan Singh as the most successful Test bowling duo for India.
Gyani Gurbachan Singh, the Jathedar Akal Takht (highest Sikh temporal seat), expressed shock over the behaviour of Sikh cricketer Harbhajan Singh, who danced on television dance show, Ek Khiladi Ek Haseena with Mona Singh, wearing a tilak and dressed as Ravana.
England's turbanator Monty Panesar is surprised that his counterpart has been left out of India's team for the England series.
Sports Minister M S Gill on Thursday flayed the 'casualness' of India's cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Harbhajan Singh for skipping the Padma Shri awards function and said the Ministry would soon issue a circular to ensure sportspersons treat national awards with utmost respect. Dhoni and Harbhajan were conspicuous by their absence at the Rashtrapati Bhavan ceremony, where they were expected to receive the award from President Pratibha Patil.
Kolkata Knight Riders wicketkeeper-batsman Dinesh Karthik said picking Harbhajan Singh at the IPL players' auction was not easy, while adding that the veteran spinner has left everyone impressed with the amount of 'interest and intensity' he has shown in the practice sessions.
Former captain Sourav Ganguly says the Board of Control for Cricket in India should have ensured that senior off-spinner Harbhajan Singh was not kept out of the national side for more than six months.
Harbhajan has expressed his massive displeasure with the "lack of respect" for the Saurashtra man and the fact that the yardstick to judge performances hasn't been same for every senior player.
Harbhajan Singh successfully underwent an operation on his bowling hand this morning.
As Harbhajan Singh celebrates his 30th birthday, rediff.com looks back on his five best moments in Test cricket.
The Indian off-spinner, who shed the slur of racism and got a three-Test ban overturned by Appeals Commissioner John Hansen on Tuesday, will now move with an extra security ring around him as the authorities in Melbourne fear the Indian off-spinner could be subjected to taunts and insults by hostile Australian fans.
Harbhajan Singh's appeal against a three-Test ban for racial abuse got underway in the Adelaide Federal Court on Tuesday morning.
If history is anything to go by, Leeds always has room for a little magic.
Senior off-spinner Harbhajan Singh clarified that he will be playing the next edition of Indian Premier League for Chennai Super Kings and will withdraw his name from the Players' Draft of the new 'The Hundred' league in the United Kingdom.
Former India skipper Sourav Ganguly has clarified that he never said that spinner Harbhajan Singh was not picked in the national team since he is not the list of players, favoured by the selectors and skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni.
'I must say hats off to him. He is a great bowler, great guy to be with,' said the India off-spinner while congratulating the Sri Lankan on equaling the world record tally of 708 Test wickets.
He may not top the popularity charts in Australia but Harbhajan Singh is the best spinner in the world as the feisty Indian offie's bowling is 'unbelievable', says Jason Krejza.
The India off-spinner said the spat between him and Andrew Symonds was nothing more than an animated conversation.
