Re: Harbhajjan is no spinner,he's a slow-medium bowler..
by Gaurav Sharma on Dec 18, 2012 10:05 PM
Harbhajan has more than 400 wickets in Tests and around 250 wickets in ODI's.He has done well for India in the past.He was wrongly dropped due to just one Series in England. Before England tour,he was the wise-captain of the team in the west indies. He should be brought back in team and should be given equal opportunity to perform and there should be certain parameters for team selection, which should be applicable to all players and if any player, including Harbhajan does not perform, they should be dropped without any bias.
bhajji was always an overhyped bowler..who took all his wickets due to anil kumble all these years...kumble built pressure on one end and then bhajji wud pick up wickets due to that at the other end...but since kumble's retirement bhajji's weakness is revealed and he could not handle the pressure of taking wickets...
Re: bhajji overrated
by Happy Friday on Dec 05, 2012 04:48 AM
Exactly! If Ashwin/ Ohja is not playing good, drop them but dont bring this useless player.
They failed where the English spinners excelled. There is no argument about this fact. England beat India in the 2nd Test in its own game. M.S. Dhoni did not use his bowlers well and no one can be blamed than him. It is time he is relieved of the captaincy.
Re: Indian Spinners!
by Happy Friday on Dec 05, 2012 04:53 AM
Its bcos of second innings collapse, we lost the match. But we never looked winning the match because of poor performance of bowlers - bhajji, ashwin, zaheer... Atleast drop bhajji!
What was the motive behind writing this article the night before the third test? The catorie of writers who are biased in their opinions want to drive public opinion against the lead Indian spinner and influence the selection.
Harbhajan has been their target for some time but why? It is equally interesting how R Ashwin escapes the scrutiny on his bowling performance. Seems like he is out of bounds for anyone to comment about his performance. Rediff editors have deleted my comments more than once on this topic.
The situation was stacked up against the leading spinner with 400 wickets and 99 tests. Harbhajan was not given the ball till late in both innings when the batsmen were all set. He was also not given the side of the pitch that would have helped the off-spinner. And he was given half of the overs bowled by Ojha and Ashwin.
Ashwin was the weakest link in the Indian spinners despite having the backing of BCCI, CSK, and Dhoni. Now that is a powerful backing. No wonder why he is still in the team. Whatever happened to his so called "Mystery Ball"? Wait till he takes 2-3 wickets on the next match and the favorable media will hail him as the prince of Indian spin.
Article like this are written to drive public opinion and influence the selection of the team. I hope Indian selectors and captain keep faith in Harbhajan Singh on a seemingly turning pitch.
Re: Real purpose of this article?
by Ramesh Kapoor on Dec 04, 2012 09:56 PM
Agreed. Harbhajan before his stomach cramps at the end of the English tour was caused by excessive bowling. M.S. Dhoni has to please Srinivasan his boss in CSK and has become a politician. Ashwin is in CSK team.
Re: Real purpose of this article?
by Tera Baap on Dec 04, 2012 10:55 PM
harbu is far far better bowler on any given day then Ashwin..Ashwin is hyped by Indian Media backed by CSK top brass, Dhoni and BCCI! simple!
