The slowness of the Chepauk track may be attracting a lot of criticism, but veteran off-spinner Harbhajan Singh says while the wicket was difficult to bat on, it was not unplayable.
Match referee Farokh Engineer said he will conduct a hearing the the Harbhajan-Sreesanth row on Monday in New Delhi.
Selection snubs despite good performances have left him feeling hurt but veteran Indian off-spinner Harbhajan Singh says being ignored repeatedly has not dampened his spirits and he would continue to try for a comeback in the national team.
The ace off-spinner is down with fever and will not play in the Indians' opening match against a home side.\n\n
Daljit Singh, one of the 116 illegal Indian immigrants deported from the US on Saturday night, has claimed that they were handcuffed with their legs chained during the journey. Singh, who traveled via the 'donkey route', an illegal and risky pathway used by migrants to enter the US, said that he was deceived by a travel agent who promised him a direct flight to the US. The C-17 aircraft that landed at the Amritsar airport on Saturday was the second batch of Indians to be deported by the Donald Trump administration as part of its crackdown on illegal immigrants. A third plane carrying 157 deportees is expected to land at the Amritsar airport on Sunday.
India off-spinner Harbhajan Singh on Tuesday said the ace leg spinner's shoes will be hard to fill.
Off-spinner Harbhajan Singh's racial abuse case appears to have taken a new twist with claims that Aussie all-rounder Andrew Symonds had possibly misinterpreted a derogatory Punjabi phrase which sounded like "monkey".
Ashwin's age is certainly a factor that is being kept in consideration.
Top Indian cricketers Yuvraj Singh and Harbhajan Singh, on Tuesday, rubbished the reported claims of a London-based bookie Mazhar Majeed that he had "access" to them, saying that they had never even met him.
Following Harbhajan Singh's feat of capturing 400 Test wickets, rediff.com looks back on his five best moments in Test cricket.
The statistical highlights at the end of fourth day's play in the second Test between India and New Zealand in Hyderabad, on Monday.
"The report relates specifically to the bowler's action when delivering the `doosra'," said match referee Chris Broad.
While Bumrah's bowling prowess is undeniable, his heartwarming post-match celebration with his wife and sports presenter Sanjana Ganesan, reminds us that there's more to him than just cricket.
Mumbai Indians off-spinner Harbhajan Singh says the toughest challenge for him is bowling to unknown batsmen in Twenty20 cricket.
Off-spinner Harbhajan Singh said India have proved their critics wrong by winning the third cricket Test against Australia on the fast and bouncy WACA track in Perth.
With the pitch at the MCG deteriorating, Indian off-spinner Harbhajan Singh admitted on Friday that chasing the Australian target of 499 would be a tough task for the visitors, but hoped that their formidable line-up will stand up to the challenge.
After his stellar all-round performance against Kings XI Punjab went in vain, senior off-spinner Harbhajan Singh attributed Mumbai Indian's 18-run loss to top-order collapse.
The off-spinner said though his injured finger is healing quickly, he does not want to take any risks.\n
India's Ajinkya Rahane has his own personality and it would be a mistake for him to try and copy Virat Kohli's leadership style in the final three Tests against Australia, former test spinner Harbhajan Singh has said.
'We are looking at the Champions Trophy and World Cup,' team manager Ravi Sawant said.
Off-spinner Harbhajan Singh made a memorable comeback as a India relied on a clinical all-round performance to thrash defending champions England by a whopping 90-run margin in their final group league match of the ICC World Twenty20 in Colombo.
India spinner Harbhajan Singh was banned for the remainder of the Indian Premier League tournament after he was found guilty on Monday of slapping compatriot Shanthakumaran Sreesanth. IPL commissioner Lalit Modi told a news conference that the cricketer has been fined all of his match fees from the tournament.
Mumbai Indians will be looking for redemption in this edition's IPL after finishing at the bottom of the table in 2022.
Off spinner Harbhajan Singh is keen to emulate his domestic success against Australia when India embark on their Test tour starting in December.
Former captain Anil Kumble pitched in for the inclusion of Harbhajan Singh in the Indian squad for the home series against Australia and England later this year.
Andrew Symonds claimed India spinner Harbhajan Singh 'broke down crying' while making peace after the infamous 'monkeygate' episode had sent the former Australian all-rounder into a downward spiral.
The ace off-spinner said he is looking forward to bowling to the Caribbean batsmen, particularly Lara, in Thursday's Champions Trophy tie.
Mumbai Indians captain Harbhajan Singh has rued that the reprieve given to Chris Gayle early in Royal Challengers Bangalore's run chase cost his side their IPL match on Wednesday.
Australian media reported that the Indian off-spinner features in the list of seven bowlers with highly suspect action drawn by ICC.
New Zealand's cricketers may have previously regarded Harbhajan Singh as little more than nuisance value with the bat, but the latter has now emerged as a genuine all round threat with two back to back Test hundreds as the tourists look to do the unthinkable -- win a test series in India for the first time.
The 'slapgate' incident two years ago is now a thing of the past and they have moved on in their lives, both Harbhajan Singh and S Sreesanth said on Monday.
Mumbai Indians lost their IPL cricket match against Kings XI Punjab by 18 runs.
The Indian off-spinner will make his Surrey debut in a four-day game against Warwickshire starting on Wednesday.
An expat pilot with Jet Airways hurled "racist" comments at and assaulted a woman and also abused a physically challenged person on a flight, cricketer Harbhajan Singh claimed.
Harbhajan was reported for a suspect action when bowling his 'doosra' delivery by match officials during the second test against Bangladesh.
ICC CEO David Richardson lauded Indian off-spinner Harbhajan Singh for correcting his bowling action after being called twice in his career and making it absolutely legal, insisting that there's no conspiracy in the timing on the crackdown of illegal actions.
The Indian off-spinner scored an attacking 84 for Surrey against Gloucestershire in a County Championship Division One match.
The ace off-spinner will leave for Melbourne next week to correct his bowling action under Bruce Elliot.
Retiring Sri Lankan spin wizard Muttiah Muralitharan on Wednesday said among the current crop of slow bowlers, only Harbhajan Singh can match his record of scalping nearly 800 Test wickets.
India's temperamental spinner Harbhajan Singh wants the umpire referral system to be implemented in one-dayers also to avoid dubious umpiring decisions like the ones Sachin Tendulkar got in the recently-concluded ODI series against Sri Lanka. Such types of rules, he said, benefits the game as well as the players.
