Full Name Singh, Harbhajan
Date of birth: 03/07/1980
Country India
Role Bowler
Batting style R
Bowling style Off break
Latest News
13/02/09 - Bhajji Calls For ODI Referrals
27/01/09 - Ojha Keen To Do Bhajji Proud
19/01/09 - Bhajji Confident Of Speedy Recovery
19/01/09 - Morkel Cops Racial Slur
Career summary
- ODI debut India v New Zealand at Sharjah, April 1998
- Harbhajan Singh is a right arm off spin bowler.
- He had to remodel his bowling action after he was reported for chucking in November 1998.
- One of his nicknames is The Turbanator, based on his bowling skill and, as a Sikh, he wears a black turban when he plays.
- Against the Australians in March 2001, Harbhajan took 32 wickets, which included a hat-trick, the first Indian to do so in Test cricket.
* Bhajji is the third-highest Test wicket-taker among all Indians.
* Harbhajan average with the ball in home Test matches in the mid-20s. All five of his man of the match awards and both of his man of the series awards have been obtained in India.
* Outside India Bhajji bowling average climbs to around 40.
* Bhajji bowling in Test matches is most effective against the West Indies and Australia.
* As of May 2008, Bhajji most productive hunting grounds have been Eden Gardens in Calcutta, where he has taken 38 wickets at 23.10 in six Tests, while the Chepauk in Chennai, where he has claimed two man of the match awards, has yield 34 wickets at 24.25 in five Tests. Harbhajan has claimed his wickets most cheaply at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai, where he has taken 22 wickets at 19.45.
* Compared to Muralitharan, Bhajji is less reliant on targeting the stumps for his dismissals; he captures more than 60% of his wickets via catches and less than 25% by bowling or trapping batsmen leg before wicket, whereas the corresponding figures for Muralitharan are in the 40s.
* It is strange that while Anil Kumble has performed better when paired with Bhajji, Harbhajan has been more effective in Kumble's absence.
* Harbhajan has been particularly successful against Australian batsman Ricky Ponting, taking his wicket on ten occasions in Test cricket. His 50th, 250th and 300th Test wickets were brought up by dismissing Ponting.
* Bhajji Test strike rate in the 60s, placing him in the ten highest strike rates among players who have scored more than 1000 runs in Test cricket.
Test Matches
Batting Career Span: 1998 - 2008
Matches: 74
Innings: 104
Not outs: 20
Runs: 1403
Highest Score: 66
Average: 17
50s: 6
100s: 0
Ducks: 13
Pairs: 1
Catches: 35
Stumping: 0
Bowling Innings bowled: 200
Overs: 3429.4
Maidens: 654
Runs conceded: 9698
Wickets: 314
5 Wicket Innings: 22
10 Wicket matches: 0
Average: 30.89
Economy Rate: 2.83
Best bowling in Innings: 8/84
ODI Matches
Batting Career Span: 1998 - 2009
Innings: 97
Not outs: 25
Runs: 910
Highest Score: 46
Strike-rate: 83.87
Average: 13
50s: 0
100s: 0
Ducks: 10
Catches: 45
Stumping: 0
Bowling Innings bowled: 175
Overs: 1604.6
Maidens: 72
Runs conceded: 6756
Wickets: 209
4 Wicket Innings: 2
Average: 32.33
Economy Rate: 4.21
Best bowling in Innings: 5/31
Twenty20 Matches
Batting Career Span: - 2009
Innings: 4
Not outs:
Runs: 30
Highest Score: 21
Average: 8
50s: 0
100s: 0
Ducks: 0
Catches: 2
Stumping: 0
Bowling Innings bowled: 10
Overs:
Maidens: 0
Runs conceded: 240
Wickets: 10
4 Wicket Innings: 0
Average: 24
Economy Rate:
Best bowling in Innings: 1/15
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