The veteran Indian spinner, Harbhajan Singh has turned 40 on Friday and wishes didn’t stop pouring in from the cricket fraternity on social media on the birthday of the veteran India off-spinner. Former Indian cricketer Mohammad Kaif was one of the early wishers followed by Yuvraj Sinh and lots more.
On Friday, Yuvraj posted a video of him along with Harbhajan featuring glimpses of the time the duo has spent on and off the field. Captioning the video on Instagram, Yuvraj wrote: “Is it your happy 40 or 47 Here’s a glimpse of the wonderful years spent pulling each other’s leg, sometimes pants too You have always proved to the world Singh you will always be King After quarantine party to leni hai 100%, have a great day love you paaji @harbhajan3”.
BCCI also wished the spinner on his birthday, they tweeted: “Here’s wishing ‘The Turbanator’ @harbhajan_singh a very happy birthday #TeamIndia”.
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The Indian skipper, Virat Kohli didn’t fall behind coming up with a wish for Harbhajan. He wrote: “Wishing you a very Happy Birthday Bhajju Paa @harbhajan_singh. May God bless you with good health and happiness. Have a great year ahead.”
Here's wishing 'The Turbanator' @harbhajan_singh a very happy birthday 👏🎂🎉#TeamIndia pic.twitter.com/pMTmeKIlJX
— BCCI (@BCCI) July 3, 2020
Wishing you a very Happy Birthday Bhajju Paa @harbhajan_singh. May God bless you with good health and happiness. Have a great year ahead. 😊🎂
— Virat Kohli (@imVkohli) July 3, 2020
Kaif had tweeted: “Bhajji ‘turns’ 40! One of India’s greatest match-winners. Two-time WC winner & picked 711 wickets for India. First saw him in the U-16 game in Panaji in 1996 & he looked special. Aggressive on the field but yaaron ka yaar. Janamdin ki dher saari shubhkaamnaaein @harbhajan_singh.”
Bhajji ‘turns’ 40! One of India’s greatest match-winners. Two-time WC winner & picked 711 wickets for India. First saw him in U-16 game in Panaji in 1996 & he looked special. Aggressive on the field but yaaron ka yaar. Janamdin ki dher saari shubhkaamnaaein @harbhajan_singh pic.twitter.com/huLe0dpcCa
— Mohammad Kaif (@MohammadKaif) July 3, 2020
The Indian wicket-keeper batsman, Parthiv Patel tweeted, “Happy birthday big brother..have a wonderful year..thank you for always being there..love to the family..Hugging faceHugging face @harbhajan_singh”.
Happy birthday big brother..have a wonderful year..thank you for always being there..love to the family..🤗🤗@harbhajan_singh pic.twitter.com/yOHINnG8wG
— parthiv patel (@parthiv9) July 3, 2020
“@harbhajan_singh Happy birthday Bhajjipa. First Indian to take a hat-trick in Tests – Took 32 wickets in 3 Tests v Australia in 2001 Part of WT20 2007 & WC 2011 winning teams Won 4 IPL titles ..the most loving personality around..great inspiration Still going strong at 40,” Sreesanth, who has been banned by BCCI for the match-fixing allegation has tweeted.
@harbhajan_singh Happy birthday Bhajjipa. First Indian to take a hat-trick in Tests
– Took 32 wickets in 3 Tests v Australia in 2001
Part of WT20 2007 & WC 2011 winning teams
Won 4 IPL titles ..the most loving personality around..great inspiration ✌🏻
Still going strong at 40! pic.twitter.com/KKH7vI1Jid— Sreesanth (@sreesanth36) July 3, 2020
The veteran Indian opener, Shikhar Dhawan took to Instagram and captioned a picture with Harbhajan as he wrote: “@harbhajan3 pajhi janamdin diyaan lakh lakh vadhayiaan Let’s grab a bat and ball and celebrate together once this is all over”.
Harbhajan became the first Indian bowler to claim a hat-trick in Test cricket. He achieved the milestone against Australia in 2001 by dismissing Ricky Ponting, Adam Gilchrist, and Shane Warne. Harbhajan, who has played 100 Test matches for the country, has taken419 Test wickets while in ODI managed to scalp more 260 wickets.
