Mumbai Indians skipper Harbhajan Singh said they will need to play "better cricket" and felt the defending champions were 20 runs short after losing their opening match in the Champions League Twenty20 on Sunday.
A quickfire 85 not out by Harbhajan Singh helped India build on their first innings lead over New Zealand on the third day of the second Test at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Uppal on Sunday. After 134 overs, the home team had made 436 for nine, for an overall lead of 96 runs.
Off-colour Harbhajan Singh was dropped while young spinner Rahul Sharma and pacer Sreenath Aravind are the two new faces in India's depleted 15-member squad for the first two one-dayers in next month's ODI series against England.
India off-spinner Harbhajan Singh wrote on his blog that he did not hit or slap a cameraman, as was reported in sections of the media on Wednesday.
Harbhajan Singh claimed five wickets for 59 runs as India beat South Africa by an innings and 57 runs on a thrilling final day in the second Test to level the two-match series at 1-1 and remain the number one Test team in the world. Hashim Amla was the only South African batsman to provide some resistance. He was left unconquered after a stubborn knock of 123 from 394 deliveries, inclusive of 16 boundaries, his third hundred on a trot in three innings in the series.
Senior off-spinner Harbhajan Singh was back in his element as he had match-haul of seven wickets (4/91 & 3/62) for Essex against Glamorgan in an English county game, which ended at the Castle Park Ground, in Colchester, on Saturday.
Senior bowlers Zaheer Khan and Harbhajan Singh are expected to return to the Indian squad for the first Test against Australia at Mohali from October 1, which will be picked by the Board of Control for Cricket in India selection committee in Chennai on Monday.
Neeraj Chopra will have a special supporter at the Paris Olympics: a Kerala cyclist who has travelled all the way from Calicut, riding more than 22000 kilometers over two years.
"If we had taken Misbah's catch, maybe we could have taken around eight or nine wickets or even got them all out. But sometimes catches do get dropped and sometimes brilliant ones are also taken. No one does it deliberately," Harbhajan said at the end of the third day's play.
The off spinner was guilty of violating the players' code of conduct during India's five-wicket loss to South Africa in the first ODI.
Ace off-spinner Harbhajan Singh termed Indian captain Virat Kohli as 'an intense cricketer' who thrives on.
Bhajji will spend the next seven days in quarantine in his hotel room in Mumbai before joining his KKR teammates for practice.
Sri Lanka captain will lead the Asian team in a three-match ODI series for the Afro-Asian Cup.
'Every child's first hero is his father. I was no different. Even today, I remember what he taught me'
Out of six finals played, India have won three World titles, including two ODI World Cups (1983 and 2011) and one T20 World Cup in 2007.
Recuperating from a hamstring injury that kept him out of the Sri Lanka tour, off-spinner Harbhajan Singh said he is regaining full fitness and is looking forward to spearhead India's spin attack in New Zealand.
An injured Harbhajan Singh was on Sunday left out of the Indian team while Saurashtra all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja and Uttar Pradesh seamer Praveen Kumar were drafted in the 15-member squad for the upcoming cricket tour of Sri Lanka starting later this month.
Names of Rajya Sabha MPs Harbhajan Singh and Swati Maliwal are missing from the list.
The Harbhajan Singh ban issue took a new twist on Monday with the ICC-appointed commissioner saying that "additional evidence" could be admissible in the hearing scheduled for January 29 and 30 in Adelaide.
India spinner Harbhajan Singh was denied entry into the Anna International Airport in Chennai for not having a ticket and had to wait for about 45 minutes outside the entry area before finally getting in.
The inaugural edition of the T10 league will witness a celebrity match on the final day.
India's sprint sensation Dutee Chand's nomination for Arjuna award and cricketer Harbhajan Singh's nomination for Khel Ratna award were rejected by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports.
Indian off-spinner Harbhajan Singh has likened the 'Whereabouts' clause of the WADA Anti-Doping Code to an iron chain and also hit out at sportspersons who have criticised cricketers for not signing it.
'It was very an emotional moment for him. And then I realised that CSK is very close to his heart, he loves the players like his own family.'
Following surgery on his finger, the ace off-spinner will also miss the tour of Pakistan.
The whole of Australia maybe waiting with bated breath to know if Andrew Symonds will eventually tour India but his bete noire Harbhajan Singh says he just could not care less.
Virender Sehwag scored an unbeaten 201 and Harbhajan Singh claimed four wickets as India restricted Sri Lanka to 215-5 at close on Day 2 of the second Test.
Senior Associate Editor Harish Kotian caught up with the wily bowler at the M Chinnaswamy stadium in Bangalore after the Indian team's practice session on Thursday.
Indian spinner Harbhajan Singh wants the focus firmly on his bowling and not his behaviour when the home Test series against Australia starts on October 9. India will rely heavily on the 28-year-old, their second most successful Test spinner, who is nine short of taking 300 wickets, while hoping he would avoid the kind of drama that marred their previous trip Down Under.
Ahead of Mumbai Indians' IPL 2023 clash against Chennai Super Kings, Harbhajan Singh compared the contest to an India-Pakistan match.
Harbhajan Singh is itching to get back on the field and perform for India. It's been a year since the feisty off-spinner was dropped from the national squad following inconsistent performances, but a good showing in the Indian Premier League, followed by a stint with Essex in English county cricket, helped him earn a recall.
Having already secured their place in the final with three back-to-back wins, India are set to field their benched players against minnows United Arab Emirates (UAE) in their final league encounter of the Asia Cup T20 tournament, in Mirpur, on Thursday.
Upset over the row between Mumbai stand-in captain Harbhajan Singh and Punjab paceman S Sreesanth, Indian Premier League Chairman Lalit Modi on Saturday said it was a "serious matter" and was not good for the cash-rich Twenty20 tournament.
Harbhajan Singh also wants IPL performers Ruturaj Gaikwad, Rinku Singh and Tilak Varma to get the national call-up in the shortest format.
Off-spinner Harbhajan Singh believes India still hold the upper hand despite Pakistan's resilient comeback in the second Test in Kolkata.
The selectors handed out of favour spinner Harbhajan Singh another lifeline when they picked him up in the 15-man Indian squad for the first two Tests against Australia.
The selectors handed out of favour spinner Harbhajan Singh on Sunday another lifeline when they picked him up in the 15-man Indian squad for the first two Tests against Australia.
Sachin Tendulkar led the chorus of former and current cricketers, hailing Rohit Sharma's men for winning the T20 World Cup.
After claiming five for 59, as India routed South Africa by an innings and 57 runs, Harbhajan Singh slammed those doubted his credentials coming into the match, saying 'they should know what to play on national television and what not to play'.
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