Happy at restricting England to 229 for five on the opening day of the first cricket Test, ace spinner Harbhajan Singh on Thursday took a dig at the visitors saying they batted slowly and helped India's cause.
It was a suggestion from senior off-spinner Harbhajan Singh that prompted skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni to go up the order and finish the match in style during the recently concluded Asia Cup final against Bangladesh.
With Harbhajan Singh nursing a toe injury, Amit Mishra is likely to retain his place in the Indian team for the third Test against Australia, with Anil Kumble coming in for Harbhajan.
Ravichandran Ashwin's childhood coach Sunil Subramanian wished the experienced off-spinner ahead of his 100th Test as India is set to lock horns with England in the fifth and final Test of the five-match series at Dharamsala from Thursday.
The BCCI banned Harbhajan Singh for a further five one-day internationals for slapping teammate S Sreesanth.
Embroiled in a race row with Australia's Andrew Symonds, Harbhajan Singh will appear before a disciplinary hearing in Sydney on Sunday amid indications that the controversial Indian off-spinner will escape a ban due to lack of evidence.
Harbhajan Singh has bailed India out of trouble with his willow more than once and is upset that he is still to score a hundred. 'I am very upset. I should have got a century. It was my best chance to score one,' said the off-spinner after hitting 60 and helping India reach 375 for nine on the opening day of the third Test against New Zealand in Wellington on Friday.
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Former India captain Sourav Ganguly has called for the inclusion of out-of-favour spinner Harbhajan Singh, in the T20 and ODI squads, citing his recent good form in domestic cricket.
India's captain also said off-spinner Ramesh Powar is competing for a spot with one of the pace bowlers.
Harbhajan Singh said the absence of Inzamam-ul Haq would give hosts India an edge in the upcoming series against Pakistan.
Harbhajan Singh reckons that Matthew Hayden's stinging verbal attack at him stems from the frustration of realising that the Australians are "no longer the undisputed champions".
India's Harbhajan Singh on Tuesday came under a fresh attack by Australian cricketers with opener Matthew Hayden calling the off-spinner an "obnoxious little weed", a remark which has the potential to create more bad blood between the two teams.
Thrashed in the first Test in Nagpur, Team India's fighting spirit stood out to the core during their convincing victory in the second Test in Kolkata, said Harbhajan Singh.
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".
Harbhajan Singh and Ishant Sharma picked three wickets each as India dismissed South Africa for 265 on Day 1 of the third Test. The visitors frittered away a solid start and were bundled out at the fag end of the day on a Green Park track that has given enough indication that it will deteriorate rapidly.
Harbhajan Singh became the third Indian and 22nd cricketer in the world to claim 300 or more wickets in Test cricket when he dismissed Australia captain Ricky Ponting on the second day of the fourth and final Test in Nagpur on Friday. The Punjab offie, who is playing his 72nd Test, is behind just-retired Anil Kumble (619 from 132 Tests) and Kapil Dev (434 from 131 Tests).
Harbhajan Singh and Murali Kartik were named in the Indian squad for the first two Tests against Pakistan.
Indian off-spinner Harbhajan Singh on Sunday admitted that he was not being able to produce his best bowling so far against England in the ongoing two-match Test series.
Harbhajan Singh warned the Aussie fans, who have been booing him incessantly, saying their promptings are proving to be inspirational.
Ahead of the second one-day international against Australia, India's combative off-spinner Harbhajan Singh has predicted a five-two score line in favour of his team, and added that India will top ODI rankings at the end of the seven match series.
Raj Natarajan, president of United India Association, an organisation formed by NRIs living in Australia, has come out strongly in support of Harbhajan Singh.
Harbhajan Singh, till recently a regular in the national team, appears destined to stay on the sidelines with debutant R Ashwin and Pragyan Ojha doing exceedingly well in the opening cricket Test against the West Indies.
Over the last ten years he has proved himself with cricket ball, and now Harbhajan Singh wants to score a century to fulfill the wish of Indian batting legend Sunil Gavaskar.
It remains to be seen whether Virender Sehwag and Irfan Pathan too get a recall to the Indian squad for the three-Test series against Pakistan.
Indian cricketer Harbhajan Singh has described the experience of getting caught in the massive floods in Uttarakhand while on a pilgrimage as 'sad' and 'unbelievable'.
The Indian off-spinner bagged four wickets for 64 runs to put Surrey in a commanding position going into the final day of the County Championships Division One match against Worcestershire.
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The cricket board has told off-spinner Harbhajan Singh to stop talking to the media on the just-concluded tour of Australia where he was involved in the racism controversy.
The ace off-spinner said his performance against Pakistan was affected because of the confusion about the legality of his bowling action.
In a big setback for North Zone ahead of the Duleep Trophy semi-final against Central Zone, captain Harbhajan Singh has been forced to sit out due to viral fever as Gautam Gambhir will step in to lead the team, in Mohali, on Wednesday.
Ace India spinner Harbhajan Singh declared he has completely recovered from the hamstring injury that had kept him out of the Sri Lanka series and is raring to bowl on the tour of New Zealand. He expressed confidence that Mahendra Singh Dhoni's team will whitewash the Kiwis in the ODI series and topple Australia and South Africa in the ICC ODI Championship table.
Gautam Gambhir has been dropped from the Indian team to face Australia in the upcoming Test series, begining in Chennai on the 22nd of this month.
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Matthew Hayden may not be among the big admirers of Harbhajan Singh but the Australian opener has no qualms in admitting that the feisty Indian off-spinner would pose main threat to his side during their four-match Test series beginning October 9.
Harbhajan Singh reckons the current team has not shown the fearlessness that one needs to win ICC titles
Struggling India spinner regained some of the lost touch with a three-wicket haul as Punjab restricted Gujarat to 261 for nine on the opening day of their Ranji Trophy Group A match, Valsad on Saturday.
Former cricketer Mohammad Azharuddin backed the selectors' decision to drop Harbhajan Singh and Yuvraj Singh from the team for the fourth and final Test against England but hoped the two will soon stage a comeback in the squad as they are good players.
The England spinner dismissed coach Duncan Fletcher's claim that he is the best finger spinner, saying Harbhajan Singh and Deniel Vettori are better bowlers.
India Test captain Virat Kohli says senior off-spinner Harbhajan Singh will have a crucial role to play in the upcoming series in Sri Lanka.
Legendary Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar returned to the cricket field once again after playing his last international back in 2013, featuring in the One World One Family Cup match held at Bengaluru on Thursday.
