Harbajan Singh

[slippy888]

Would you say that this guy is a cricketing great, 650 international wickets is no easy task he accomplished.

 

[Burgey]

Compared with whom?

 

[Midwinter]

In time he will be regarded as the Ashwin of his day.

 

[Athlai]

Harbhajan will likely be a name frequently brought up when talking about the great cricketers as a kind of benchmark for the absolute most wickets you can get when you aren't great.

 

[Shri]

Harbhajan will likely be a name frequently brought up when talking about the great cricketers as a kind of benchmark for the absolute most wickets you can get when you aren't great.

Ishant Sharma: "Challenge accepted."

 

[Kirkut]

He may not be a great but played the game with zest, he was a match winner. Post 2011 World Cup his confidence declined which ended up affecting his bowling as well.

 

[Howe_zat]

Harbhajan will likely be a name frequently brought up when talking about the great cricketers as a kind of benchmark for the absolute most wickets you can get when you aren't great.

Dan Vettori tbh.

 

[Victor Ian]

When did this international runs/wickets become a thing? To me, i you have to say 'international something' then that there is an admission that the player is not great. In this particular case, he has international wickets, PLUS he is a weed.

 

[Athlai]

Dan Vettori tbh.

Batting allrounder though.

 

[Daemon]

Batting allrounder though.

So was Bhajji, at least against your lot..

 

[honestbharani]

Not an ATG but a bowler of some great spells. So for me, he is great. Maybe I have a looser definition of that word than others, but hey, its my opinion.

 

[OverratedSanity]

He'd be remembered as a a great bowler if he retired 5-6 years before now. Something Saqlain benefits from on CW.

 

[Black_Warrior]

When did this international runs/wickets become a thing? To me, i you have to say 'international something' then that there is an admission that the player is not great. In this particular case, he has international wickets, PLUS he is a weed.

Extremely popular measure of yardstick on social media..and like most things on social media, totally meaningless.

 

[cnerd123]

He'd be remembered as a a great bowler if he retired 5-6 years before now. Something Saqlain benefits from on CW.

Yea tbf if all he had was his first few series where he ripped everyone apart, and then he just completely disappeared, we'd all be singing praises of him, talking about 'what ifs', and putting him in India's ATG XI next to Bedi.

But he kept playing on and was mediocre for a large chunk of his career.

At his best Bhajji was certainly up there with the greatest of all time IMO. Wonderful bowler.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Up until 2006-07 bhajji was still very good. Even in 09-10 he produced some excellent performances and almost bowled us to a series win in SA. Definitely not a great though, imo.

And the reason why he isn't is because he never really took over as the leader of our attack from kumble in the way we expected. We went from kumble to zaheer to Ashwin. Harbhajan was never really the the top guy.

 

[cnerd123]

Love how Bhajji's hattrick came off a filthy legstump fulltoss that Warne may have hit into the ground to short leg. So perfect.

More vintage Bhajji:

Slip, silly point and a short leg to Freddie Flintoff in an ODI. That's how good he was.

 

[vcs]

Yea tbf if all he had was his first few series where he ripped everyone apart, and then he just completely disappeared, we'd all be singing praises of him, talking about 'what ifs', and putting him in India's ATG XI next to Bedi.

But he kept playing on and was mediocre for a large chunk of his career.

At his best Bhajji was certainly up there with the greatest of all time IMO. Wonderful bowler.

Still get goosebumps every time I see videos of that match. Was screaming my lungs off and hugging random strangers in a crowded college hostel TV room after every wicket went down. Sweet memories.

 

[Daemon]

interesting how his first innings wickets came from flatter deliveries

 

[Shri]

The late 90s were great. I used to get sick a lot and caught too epic days of test cricket as a sick kid. The final day of the Chennai test against Pakistan and Kumble's 10fer against Pakistan.

 

[Burgey]

Still get goosebumps every time I see videos of that match. Was screaming my lungs off and hugging random strangers in a crowded college hostel TV room after every wicket went down. Sweet memories.

How terrible was the Gilly lbw in the hat trick?

He used to get great bounce when he bowled. Used to glove up so many blokes on the forward defence.