The veteran Indian spinner, Harbhajan Singh made his international debut as a gangly teenager, but even after 22 years, he still possesses the skills of locking horns with the best spinners in the country. He reckons that after some time the age factor is often over-rated. He played as many as 102 Tests and 236 ODIs.
During the latest interaction with PTI, Harbhajan said, “If you still want to test me by pitting me for a battle of skills against those youngsters you consider best in the business, please bring it on. You can talk about age if the ball while fielding goes between your legs or your knees are gone or you have done in the shoulder which is the reason you can’t give that force. But yes, if it’s about skills, bring the best in India and I am still ready.”
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When Harbhajan was told that some of the youngsters like Ravi Bishnoi and Kartik Tyagi who will play in IPL were born after he had made his Test debut, he starts laughing.
Talking about the same, the veteran spinner said, “You always feel that you can achieve more but you should always be grateful for the opportunities you got to achieve what you wanted to — that is win matches for your country. What I couldn’t achieve for India? Well I would say, “shayad woh mere muqaddar mein thaa hi nahi par woh ek doosra nazariya hoga” (it was probably not in my destiny but that’s a different perspective).”
Looking back at his 22-year-old journey, Harbhajan said for him every day was no less than an exam. He explained that in international cricket, one could never celebrate a good performance for days as there can be any new challenge around the corner.
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Harbhajan explained, “Everyone will tell you that they love challenges but when in the middle of an everyday grind, you start questioning yourself that why do I need to go through. I can’t say whether this will be my last IPL. It depends on my body. After four months of workout, rest, yoga sessions, I feel reinvigorated just like 2013, when I had 24 wickets in that IPL edition.”
