I AM THE NO.1 SPINNER-Harbhajan Singh

[J P K]

BANGALORE: A stomach injury that cut short his England tour might not be the only worry for Harbhajan Singh, who has also come under fire for his prolonged bad patch. Convalescing at the National Cricket Academy here, he talked to TOI about the bouquets and brickbats. Excerpts... How is your rehabilitation going? The injury is serious. Otherwise, I would have been playing in England now. It will take three more weeks for the tear in the stomach muscle to heal fully. How have you handled the pressure of being India's leading spinner? You don't become the leading spinner of the team by just talking. You have to perform well consistently over a long period of time. I have bowled well and won games for India. That is why I am the No. 1 spinner. Every time I have taken the field, I have given my 100%. I want to get better. Is this the toughest phase of your career? I was out for seven months due to a finger injury in 2004 and also underwent surgery. I hope nothing similar happens to me again. I am out because I am injured. How do you rate your recent performances? I did well in the West Indies where I picked 11 wickets in the Test series. A few catches were put down off my bowling. Otherwise it would have been 14 or 15. I also scored a half-century which mattered in the team's victory and that was the only (Test) we won there. The England series was a bigger challenge because of the quality of cricket involved. The conditions were tough. The England tour has turned out to be very disappointing for you... I created chances. A few catches were put down and some of the LBW decisions didn't go in my favour. But there is no scope for complaining and you should be mature enough to take those in your stride. There are days where you do everything right and nothing goes in your favour. At the end of the day, my figures looked ordinary. The 'experts' only look at the final figures and opine that I bowled fast, I bowled too slow and all that. But I know I am the same bowler. http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-08-12/interviews/29880142_1_england-series-bouquets-and-brickbats-england-tour

[deepak_sach]

:facepalm:

[punjabi_khota]

:yay:

[hassan_113]

no, you're not. amit mishra has a brighter future. you don't spin the ball, you dart it in. your average has been 35+ in the last 2 years. You don't provide an attacking threat in tests. You are probably a more dangerous batsman. You can play ODIs and are a good defensive option, but you should gracefully make way in tests.

[bulbul]

:yay:

:giggle: :hysterical:

[Jersey #10]

If he is numero uno then spinning in cricket is hanging on a cliff with one hand.

[Trichromatic]

[Cricket Tragic]

:yay::yay::yay:

[Prakat]

:haha:

[DomainK]

Bhajji has no idea when to keep his mouth shut. He was never too bright anyways.

[podi wije]

"hat is why I am the No. 1 spinner." of course you are the number one.:hysterical:hysterical:hysterical:hysterical:

[Blue Panther]

hope he was sarcastic.:haha:

[GrassHoppers]

I think he was interviewed while watching the movie 'Singh is King'

[spectre]

Spinning your way into the team everytime even with *****y performances, no one can beat you there, you are absolutely the No.1 in that.

[cameron_black]

i don't understand this pointless bashing. didn't you guys see how other spinners in swann and mishra suffered similarly on unresponsive tracks? give the guy a break, he's been bowling with an injury, i give him credit for trying at least...

[Cricket Tragic]

i don't understand this pointless bashing. didn't you guys see how other spinners in swann and mishra suffered similarly on unresponsive tracks? give the guy a break' date=' he's been bowling with an injury, i give him credit for trying at least...[/quote'] It is not about only this series. If he had 1 poor series, no one would really be so critical.

[Septimius Severus]

Wished Hayden or Symonds slapped some sense into him. He is one cheeky cûnt I swear (Is the word cúnt allowed on icf mods?)

[BERGKAMP]

Harbees ego has made it large, and there is no way to make it small again.

[SachDan]

no' date=' you're not. [b']amit mishra has a brighter future. you don't spin the ball, you dart it in. your average has been 35+ in the last 2 years. You don't provide an attacking threat in tests. You are probably a more dangerous batsman. You can play ODIs and are a good defensive option, but you should gracefully make way in tests.

You mean Amit No-ball Mishra? yaar agreed it was nice of him to have posed for a pic and probaly a convo with you..lekin this high praise? dude's almost nearing 30's :giggle:

[vvvslaxman]

Here is a guy Dravid who despite being the seceond best ever in runs aggregate says "modern players are more talented than us". And we have guys like Bhajji.