harbhajan singh Profile - ICC Profile, Age, Career Info & Stats.
harbhajan singh is a cricketer(sportsman) from India. His ICC profile, age, career info & stats are given below.
Full Name
Harbhajan Singh
Born
July 03, 1980, Jullundur (now Jalandhar), Punjab
Age
43 years old
Batting Style
Right hand Bat
Bowling Style
Right arm Offbreak
Playing Role
Bowler
Batting Stats
Test | ODI | T20I | IPL | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mat | 103 | 236 | 28 | 163 |
Inn | 145 | 128 | 13 | 90 |
Runs | 2225 | 1237 | 108 | 833 |
Avg | 18.24 | 13.3 | 13.5 | 15.15 |
SR | 64.83 | 81.06 | 124.14 | 137.91 |
HS | 115 | 49 | 21 | 64 |
NO | 23 | 35 | 5 | 35 |
100s | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
50s | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
4s | 277 | 92 | 11 | 79 |
6s | 42 | 35 | 4 | 42 |
Bowling Stats
Test | ODI | T20I | IPL | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mat | 103 | 236 | 28 | 163 |
Inn | 190 | 227 | 27 | 160 |
Balls | 28580 | 12479 | 612 | 3416 |
Runs | 13537 | 8973 | 633 | 4030 |
Wkt | 417 | 269 | 25 | 150 |
BBI | 84 / 8 | 31 / 5 | 12 / 4 | 18 / 4 |
BBM | 217 / 15 | 31 / 5 | 12 / 4 | 18 / 4 |
Eco | 2.84 | 4.31 | 6.21 | 7.08 |
Avg | 32.46 | 33.36 | 25.32 | 26.87 |
5W | 25 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
10W | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Teams he has played for:
- India
- Air India
- Air India Blue
- Asia XI
- Brampton Wolves
- Chennai Super Kings
- Dravid XI
- Essex
- India A
- India Blue
- India Green
- India Maharajas
- India Seniors
- India Under-19s
- India XI
- Indian Board President's XI
- Indian Right XI
- International XI
- Kolkata Knight Riders
- Lancashire
- Marylebone Cricket Club
- Morrisville Unity
- Mumbai Indians
- Punjab
- Rajasthan Cricket Association President's XI
- Rest of India
- Surrey
Heres what CricBuzz says about him.
This was during a time when Anil Kumble was at the peak of his powers and in the coming years Harbhajan formed a lethal spin duo with his senior partner, at times even outbowling the veteran. Due to his better attacking prowess with the bat and arguably better limited-overs approach, Harbhajan soon overtook Kumble in ODIs as the lead spinner of the side. In Tests though, Kumble still was the main man although he did have to fight a battle of his own. Once Kumble retired, the onus was on Harbhajan to carry the flag of spin bowling forward in the Indian team. He did have his moments, not only at home where he was a strike force obviously but also played a good role in some of India's famous overseas Test wins.
Despite all this, there is no denying the fact that Harbhajan's career lost track once the IPL came into existence. He had notable success there but while adapting to the frenzied T20 format, he lost that loop and flight which makes a complete spinner. The trajectory had become considerably flatter which definitely made him a more economical bowler but the wickets started to dry up. Statistically, he is India's most successful off spinner but he could have achieved a lot more in the latter half of his career. Even though he wasn't at his best, he played a pivotal role in India's 2011 World Cup glory. The 2010 and 2011 seasons were really torrid for Harbhajan and the emergence of Ashwin meant that the former's position was soon slipping away.
Since 2012, Harbhajan has been mostly in and out of the side with Ashwin and Jadeja firming up as the lead spinners in Tests while India have had surplus options in white-ball cricket. All this meant that Harbhajan was restricted to the odd comeback, notably in the 2015-16 season where he played a few Tests and a handful of ODIs apart from getting a chance in the 2016 World T20 as well. Since 2016, he hasn't played for India in any format and it's unlikely that he will ever again. Although yet to officially announce retirement, his career is all but over. Harbhajan also led Mumbai Indians to a Champions League win once.
At his best, Harbhajan was pure matchwinner - not only did he cause damage with the ball and occasionally with his big hitting but also got into the skins of the opposition quite a lot of times. No team bore the brunt more than the Australians with whom he had many high profile battles, notably an incident with Ricky Ponting in the late 90s with both still very young. The other one is the infamous Sydney incident with Andrew Symonds where Harbhajan just about got away due to lack of evidence. Even in the IPL, he had his share of issues with the slapping incident of S Sreesanth being the highlight, resulting in him being banned for the rest of the tournament. All these dramas apart, Harbhajan was indeed an enigma in Indian cricket.
IPL through the years
In the latter half of his career, Harbhajan's success has been mostly in the IPL where he played a crucial part in the success of the Mumbai franchise who have won the title thrice. He was a regular member of the team since 2008 and even captained the side. He picked up as many as 24 wickets in the 2013 season and played a vital role in Mumbai's maiden title-winning season. He was also very handy with the bat, scoring a 24-ball 64 against Kings XI Punjab in 2015, a match he tried to win after the top-order was blown away.
With time, Harbhajan became a bowler who would be more economical than a really good wicket-taking bowler. After a decade long association, Mumbai released him and he was bought by Chennai Super Kings, for whom he played 13 games in 2018. With more favourable turning tracks at Chepauk, Harbhajan has continued to be a force to reckon with, at least in CSK's home games where he has been strangling opponents.
By Hariprasad Sadanandan
Heres what ESPNcricinfo says about him.
A player of passion with the talent to match, Harbhajan Singh kept the flag flying for fingerspin in an era of prolific wristspinners, flat pitches and big bats. Bowling with a windmilling, whiplash action, he varied his length and pace, and turned it the other way too. His deadliest ball was the one that climbed wickedly from a length, forcing a hurried jab. In March 2001, it proved too much for the all-conquering Australians, and Harbhajan collected 32 wickets in three Tests - including the first Test hat-trick by an Indian - while none of his team-mates managed more than three.
His personal rivalry with the Australians was responsible for both the highest and the lowest points of his career. Invariably he managed to raise his game against them, and was singularly responsible for Ricky Ponting's low scores on Indian soil - he dismissed him five times for fewer than 12 runs each time in the 2001 series. Some of his punchiest batting performances came against them too. But in 2008 a confrontation with Andrew Symonds created one of the ugliest controversies in cricket, when he was charged with racial abuse, which was reduced to abuse on appeal. But the IPL threw the two of them together, and they forged a relationship as teamm-ates at Mumbai Indians, for whom Harbhajan played ten seasons between 2008 and 2017, even leading them in 20 matches.
Though he was part of India's winning campaign in the inaugural T20 World Cup, in 2007, like many of his contemporaries, he took time to adapt his game to the shortest format from ODIs, in which he was an integral part of the Indian team. However, Harbhajan's legacy will be his contribution to India's dominant home record in Tests and the deadly partnership he forged with Anil Kumble on relatively batting-friendly pitches - they took 366 wickets in 34 matches they played together, in which India was defeated in a series just once. Till R Ashwin surpassed him in 2021, Harbhajan was India's most successful Test offspinner.