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Tag: Harbhajan Singh

IPL 2022: Harbhajan Singh feels Kohli still remains the best man to lead RCB

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Former India cricketer Harbhajan Singh believes Virat Kohli is the best man to lead Royal Challengers Bangalore in the upcoming season. Notably, Kohli stepped down as RCB captain after IPL 2021, bringing an end to his 8-year-tenure as skipper without winning a title in the premier T20 competition.

Ahead of the IPL 2022 mega auction, Harbhajan Singh feels Kohli still remains the best man to lead RCB. “Despite having many big names, RCB is a team who is yet to lift the title. AB de Villiers won’t play this season and Kohli has stepped down from captaincy… so they need to find a captain now. Among Indians, Shreyas Iyer and Ishan Kishan are the two names who can efficiently lead the team,” Harbhajan said while speaking on his YouTube channel.

“Shreyas has already shown his captaincy prowess while leading the Delhi franchise. But I think Kohli will have to don the captaincy hat again. RCB won’t get a better leader than him. RCB is making a new team and they will search for a good leader. But does Kohli want to take up the role? It will be a big challenge but I won’t be surprised if he agrees to be the captain for the next 1-2 years,” Harbhajan added.

Harbhajan also mentioned David Warner and Aaron Finch’s name for the leadership role. “Talking about overseas options, David Warner is the best pick. He will captain the side and score runs as well. Aaron Finch is also a player who can lead the team. He may have not performed exceptionally well with the bat but RCB can rope him as a captain. RCB can also look for Eoin Morgan. I’ve played under Morgan in Kolkata Knight Riders and he’s got a composed attitude. But according to me, Kohli’s return to captaincy is the best option for Bangalore,” Harbhajan further said.

‘Grip Is Too Wide Jam’: Harbhajan Singh gives bowling advice to Rahul Dravid

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Former India cricketer Harbhajan Singh has reacted to his ex-teammate and India’s current head coach Rahul Dravid’s bowling pictures.  Rahul Dravid bowled spin in the nets ahead of the second ODI at Ahmedabad.

The BCCI on Monday shared two photos of head coach Rahul Dravid bowling spin in the Team India nets ahead of the second one-day international against West Indies. BCCI  shared the images and captioned the post: “Celebrating the 23rd anniversary of @anilkumble1074’s 10-74.” Harbhajan retweeted the BCCI post.

Replying to BCCI’s tweet, the former India off-spinner pointed out that Dravid’s grip with the ball is too much wide and also mentioned that he won’t be able to get much spin from the ball. ‘Grip is too wide jam .. won’t be able to spin as much you like,’ said Harbhajan.

Rahul Dravid was bowling at the nets to mark the 23rd anniversary of Anil Kumble’s 10-wicket haul, which he claimed in an India-Pakistan Test match at New Delhi, India in 1999. Only three cricketers have been able to achieve this ridiculous feat in cricket history; Jim Laker, Kumble and Ajaz Patel. England’s Laker was the first to take wickets in an innings, by doing so against Australia in 1956. After Kumble, Ajaz did the same last year, when he took all 10 wickets in an innings vs India in Mumbai. Also, all three bowlers who have achieved this feat are spinners.

“I’m Not Married To Him”: Harbhajan Singh On MS Dhoni 

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Former Indian team off-spinner Harbhajan Singh has spoken openly about his relationship with Mahendra Singh Dhoni. he refused to accept there’s any rift between him and Dhoni and said they are good friends.

Harbhajan did not receive a lot of support from the Board of Control of Cricket in India and ‘external’ factors in the final phase of his career. , Harbhajan also pointed out how MS Dhoni enjoyed unmatched support from the board unlike other players . However, Harbhajan recently cleared the rumor on his relationship with Dhoni. He said: “Very nice. I am not married to him!”

“See, everyone interprets a quote differently. I just wanted to convey that a lot of things could have been better post 2012. Sehwag, me, Yuvraj , Gambhir could have retired playing for Indian team since all of them were active in IPL as well. It is ironical that the Champions of the 2011 team never played together again! Why? Only few of them played in 2015 World Cup, why?” Harbhajn asked.

“No, not at all. I have no complaints against MS. In fact, he has been a good friend all these years. I have complaint to the BCCI, the sarkar of that time. I call BCCI as sarkar! The selectors of that time didn’t do justice to their roles. They didn’t allow the team to be united,” he added.