Tag: Harbhajan Singh

New Delhi: Harbhajan Singh has pleaded with the Punjab Sports Minister Rana Gurmit Singh Sodhi to “start an inquiry” into the reasons behind the delay of filing his nomination for the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award, which ultimately led to it being rejected by the Sports Ministry. “I have come to know from the media […]

Chandigarh: Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh has approved the names of five eminent sportspersons, including cricketer Harbhajan Singh, as members of the state’s sports institute’s governing council. All sportspersons, to be part of the Punjab Institute of Sports’ (PIS) governing council are from different disciplines of sports, an official spokesperson said on Saturday. Other sportspersons, […]

New Delhi: The BCCI has briefed its players on the importance of wearing anti-concussion helmet but left the decision to use neck guard on the cricketers despite growing calls to make it mandatory. Compulsory neck guards on helmets for Australian cricketers are “not far away”, the national team’s sports medicine chief said on Monday after […]

Mumbai: India’s World Cup hero Yuvraj Singh on Friday took a fun dig at India’s nagging No. 4 woes after Harbhajan Singh threw his weight behind Sanju Samson to bat in that position in One Day International matches. Samson smashed a 48-ball 91 in India A’s 36-run victory over South Africa A, batting at No. […]

Mumbai: Veteran off-spinner Harbhajan Singh has put his weight behind Akshay Wakhare to get a call-up for the India Test squad after his brilliant performance in the Duleep Trophy final. Wakhare picked up a five-wicket haul to hand India Red the Duleep Trophy title as they defeated India Green by an innings and 38 runs […]

New Delhi: Indian cricketers Harbhajan Singh and Mohammed Shami have criticised Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan for issuing despicable threats and speaking about hatred during his speech at the UNGA last month. “Mahatma Gandhi spent his life spreading the message of love, harmony, and peace. Imran Khan from UN podium issued despicable threats and spoke […]

New Delhi: Even though reports surfaced that Harbhajan Singh might announce his retirement if he is picked in the player draft of England’s new city-based franchise league ‘The Hundred’, the spinner has already been told by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) that he can’t be a part of the draft as […]

New Delhi: Veteran Indian off-spinner Harbhajan Singh refused to relent in his criticism of Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan for issuing despicable threats and speaking about hatred during his speech at the UNGA last month as he took on actress Veena Malik on social media. Harbhajan had tweeted, “At UNGA speech, there were indications for India […]

New Delhi: Cricketer-turned-commentator Aakash Chopra has tweeted a video in which a girl can be seen copying out-of-favour off-spinner Harbhajan Singh’s bowling action. “Hey Harbhajan Singh, looks like you’re her inspiration…like a lot of other aspiring spinners in the country,” Aakash said along with a 15-second video he tweeted on Wednesday. Hey @harbhajan_singh, looks like […]

Indore: India’s spin spearhead R. Ashwin on Thursday became the third spinner after Anil Kumble and Harbhajan Singh to pick 250 wickets on Indian soil. He achieved the feat during the second session of the first Test against Bangladesh at the Holkar Cricket Stadium as he cleaned up skipper Mominul Haque for 37. A brilliant […]

Rajkot: Kuldeep Yadav on Friday became the fastest Indian spinner to reach 100 wickets in ODI cricket. Kuldeep has taken 58 matches to reach the milestone, overtaking Harbhajan Singh who took 76 matches to reach the milestone in 2003. He is the third-fastest Indian bowler overall to get to the mark with Jasprit Bumrah (57) […]

Amid the COVID-19 crisis, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday spoke to 49 sports personalities including BCCI President Sourav Ganguly, Indian cricket captain Virat Kohli, cricket great Sachin Tendulkar, badminton world champion P.V. Sindhu, chess legend Viswanathan Anand and many others as he urged them to keep spreading awareness and extend their support for Coronavirus […]

Mumbai: Cricket is a religion in India and the BCCI is keeping no stones unturned to ensure that it joins hands with the government to fight the coronavirus outbreak. With the government requesting every individual to wear a mask when going out of the house for emergency purposes, BCCI has created a new video promoting […]

New Delhi: Former India cricketer Yuvraj Singh joined his former teammate Harbhajan Singh in hitting out at former India head coach Greg Chappell. Harbhajan had earlier referred to Chappell’s time with Team India as ‘worst days of Indian cricket’ following the latter’s remark on former captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni. It all started with Harbhajan taking […]

Sachin Tendulkar and Yuvraj Singh’s friendship goes a long way. The ‘little master’ has been an inspiration for generations together from Virendra Sehwag, Yuvraj Singh to Virat Kohli. When Yuvi was the rising star Sachin had already established his name in the world of international cricket. Over the years the duo has developed a cherished […]