Bhajji knocking the doors of 300+ test wicket clubs!
Harbhajan singh is in the border of taking 300 test wickets. Yesterday as he wrapped up the top order of the Australians, he reached to 299 test wickets. He has been a good revolution since the tour of Australia in India where he on his own got India to the victory.
He came to Indian team way back in late 90s. But then it was the era of Anil Kumble. He grew under the shadow of Anil Kumble. But once he got the chance of unleashing himself to the world on his own in the Australian series in 2001, he utilized it to perfection.
He took 32 wickets in three tests demolishing the Australian hope to win a series in India once again. From then he never looked back. His off spin was compared with the likes of Saqlain Mustaq, the great Pakistani spinner who actually started the fashion of wrong one in off spin.
| Harbhajan Singh profile | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Before the beginning of the 3rd Test between |
His varieties with some assistance from the pitch are hard nut for the batsman. Now at the age of 25, he has set up a wizard for himself. There has been up and downs in his career. He was tested several times in accusation of chucking. But he never let his moral go down.
His success in overseas may not be that much good looking, but when you look at the context of each game, he had hardly anything to do.Injuries also came by him. He has undergone one surgery during Pakistan series also. He has been under lot of criticism for his stuff both on the field and off the field.
Above all, one thing should be mentioned that he is a good person and very much down to earth. It will be a moment for him to cherish in the coming test match against Aussies, hopefully.
| Player | Opposition | Ground | Mat | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DK Lillee (Aus) | v Pakistan | Brisbane | 56 | ||||
| M Muralitharan (SL) | v South Africa | Durban | 58 | ||||
| RJ Hadlee (NZ) | v Australia | Wellington | 61 | ||||
| MD Marshall (WI) | v Australia | Melbourne | 61 | ||||
| SK Warne (Aus) | v South Africa | Sydney | 63 | ||||
| AA Donald (SA) | v New Zealand | Bloemfontein | 63 | ||||
| GD McGrath (Aus) | v West Indies | Perth | 64 | ||||
| FS Trueman (Eng) | v Australia | The Oval | 65 | ||||
| Waqar Younis (Pak) | v Sri Lanka | Colombo (SSC) | 65 | ||||
| A Kumble (India) | v England | Bangalore | 66 | ||||
| Imran Khan (Pak) | v England | Leeds | 68 | ||||
| Wasim Akram (Pak) | v England | The Oval | 70 | ||||
| CEL Ambrose (WI) | v Sri Lanka | St John's | 71 | ||||
| IT Botham (Eng) | v West Indies | The Oval | 72 | ||||
| SM Pollock (SA) | v England | The Oval | 74 | ||||
| M Ntini (SA) | v Pakistan | Port Elizabeth | 74 | ||||
| LR Gibbs (WI) | v Australia | Perth | 75 | ||||
| CA Walsh (WI) | v England | The Oval | 80 | ||||
| RGD Willis (Eng) | v New Zealand | Leeds | 81 | ||||
| N Kapil Dev (India) | v Sri Lanka | Cuttack | 83 | ||||
| WPUJC Vaas (SL) | v India | Delhi | 90 |
Post a Comment