Last Update: February 05, 2023, 14:31 IST
Harbhajan Singh believes in equal parenting. (pic credit: IG/harbhajan3)
Harbhajan represented India in 103 Tests, and was the first bowler from the country to take a Test hat-trick. His last appearance in the longest format came in 2015, after which he lost his place in the team due to inconsistent performances.
Training hard for the series opener against Australia India in Nagpur. Instead of playing warm-up matches, they have opted to set up their base at Alur in Karnataka, where they are reportedly practicing on poor wickets and that too with Ravi Ashwin’s duplicate-Mahesh Pithia. As per some reports, the spinner also managed to dismiss Steve Smith twice in the nets. Whatever the truth, everyone knows that Ashwin feared when Pithia was called upon in the Australian nets. Meanwhile, Ashwin too had started a war of words as he recently replied to Ian Healy who called out the BCCI for ‘unfair wickets’.
Moreover, Wasim Jaffer reiterated the same point when he tweeted how Ashwin is already playing with the mind of the Australian team management. But then a cryptic tweet from Harbhajan Singh saw the conversation take an ugly turn.
“The 1st Test is five days away and @ashwinravi99 is already inside Australia’s head,” Jaffer wrote on his official Twitter account.
Responding to Jaffer’s tweet, former India off-spinner Harbhajan Singh – widely regarded as India’s premier spinner and currently the country’s fourth-highest wicket-taker in the longest format of the game – gave a cryptic comment. come up with a response. He posted a picture of the pitch with several cracks and wrote, “This is the biggest thing on his mind.”
While it is unclear what ‘Bhajji’ meant, several Indian cricket fans attacked him for ‘spreading negativity’. He claimed that Bhajji was taunting Ashwin as the pitch showed a 22-yard strip which meant the fear was the pitch and not Ashwin. Some fans were not kind and slammed Harbhajan left, right and centre. Here are some of them.
The Aussies have really got someone to bowl like Ash. Can’t understand why he has to be so insecure when he has a wonderful career. No one ever underestimated his wickets saying that it is because of other. He is only weakening the Indian spinners. He should really defend those who were given the baton. https://t.co/YZekpWm1eA
— Rama (@WobbleSeam) February 4, 2023
Turbanator, we agree that you were the top spinner in your era for a long time.. But why is it so difficult for you to acknowledge Ashwin’s contribution to Indian cricket? It can’t just be you.. Extreme jealousy? — Naren (@chatwithnaren) February 4, 2023
Aussies aren’t the only ones who have Ashwin on their mind.- Slew (@cricfreak31) February 4, 2023
Harbhajan represented India in 103 Tests, and was the first bowler from the country to take a Test hat-trick. His last appearance in the longest format came in 2015, after which he lost his place in the team due to inconsistent performances. The off-spinner finally announced his retirement from the game in December 2021.
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