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Harbhajan Singh - Wikipedia

Harbhajan Singh
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Harbhajan Singh Plaha[1][2] ( pronunciation ; born 3

July 1980 in Jalandhar, Punjab, India), commonly known
as Harbhajan Singh, is an Indian international cricketer
and former captain of IPL team Mumbai Indians and
Punjab state for the 201213 Ranji Trophy season.[3] A
specialist spin bowler, he has the second-highest number
of Test wickets by an off spinner, behind Sri Lanka's
Muttiah Muralitharan. Harbhajan made his Test and One
Day International (ODI) debuts in early 1998. His career
was initially affected by investigations into the legality of
his bowling action, as well as several disciplinary
incidents. However, in 2001, with leading leg spinner
Anil Kumble injured, Harbhajan's career was resuscitated
after Indian captain Sourav Ganguly called for his
inclusion in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy team. In that
series victory over Australia, Harbhajan established
himself as the team's leading spinner by taking 32
wickets, becoming the first Indian bowler to take a hat
trick in Test cricket.[4] He is also an Officer in the Punjab
Police and has held the rank of a Superintendent of police
(India), reporting to Punjab Police HQ at Barnala.
A finger injury in mid-2003 sidelined him for much of the
following year, allowing Kumble to regain his position as
the first choice spinner in Tests and ODI's. Harbhajan
reclaimed a regular position in the team upon his return in
late 2004, but often found himself watching from the
sidelines in Test matches outside the Indian subcontinent
with typically only one spinner, Kumble, being used.
Throughout 2006 and into early 2007, Harbhajan's
accumulation of wickets fell and his bowling average
increased, and he was increasingly criticised for bowling
defensively with less loop. Following India's first-round
elimination from the 2007 Cricket World Cup, Harbhajan
was replaced by other spinners in the national squad for
both formats. He regained a regular position in the team
in late 2007, but became the subject of more controversy.
In early 2008, he was given a ban by the International
Cricket Council (ICC) for racially vilifying Andrew
Symonds. The ban was revoked upon appeal, but in April,
Harbhajan was banned from the 2008 Indian Premier
League and suspended from the ODI team by the Board
of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) for slapping
Sreesanth after a match. He appeared in Total Nonstop

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Harbhajan Singh

Harbhajan Singh at a promotional event in January 2013.

Personal information
Full name

Harbhajan Singh Plaha

Born

3 July 1980
Jalandhar, Punjab, India

Nickname

Turbanator, Bhajji, Bhajjipaa, Bhaju

Batting style

Right-hand

Bowling style

Right-arm off break

Role

Bowler, Lower Order Batsman

International information

National side

India

Test debut (cap 215) 25 March 1998 v Australia

Last Test

1014 June 2015 v Bangladesh

ODI debut (cap 113) 17 April 1998 v New Zealand

Last ODI

25 October 2015 v South Africa

ODI shirt no.

T20I debut (cap 3)

1 December 2006 v South Africa

Last T20I

4 March 2016 v UAE

Domestic team information

Years
1997present

Team
Punjab

2005-2007

Surrey

2008present

Mumbai Indians

2012

Essex
Career statistics

Competition

Test

ODIs

FC

List A

Matches

103

236

192

317
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