ON Saturday, former India batsman VVS Laxman showered praises on his former teammate, Harbhajan Singh, saying the spinner channelized his frustration into “unbridled aggression”. Laxman shared a photo of Harbhajan as part of his initiative of acknowledging his teammates who had a positive impact on his career. The former cricketer lauded Harbhajan for not giving up under pressure during the initial days of the spinner’s cricketing career.

In his tweet, Laxman wrote: “Another person could easily have buckled under the string of personal and professional setbacks that marked the early part of his career. Channelizing potential frustration into unbridled aggression, @harbhajan_singh held his own at the highest level for a decade and a half.”

Another person could easily have buckled under the string of personal and professional setbacks that marked the early part of his career. Channelizing potential frustration into unbridled aggression, @harbhajan_singh held his own at the highest level for a decade and a half. pic.twitter.com/q7gF47rrTJ

— VVS Laxman (@VVSLaxman281) June 6, 2020

Apart from Harbhajan, Laxman has so far praised Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, Rahul Dravid, Anil Kumble, Javagal Srinath, and Virender Sehwag. The right-handed off-spinner, who last played for India in Asia Cup in March 2016 had recently said that he is ready to play T20I cricket for India.

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Harbhajan played for Mumbai Indians for a decade, and after that, he was bought by Chennai Super Kings (CSK) for his base price of Rs 2 crore.

During a chat with ESPNCricinfo, Harbhajan said, “I am ready. If I can bowl well in IPL, which is a very difficult tournament for bowlers because the grounds are smaller, and all the top players in world cricket play in the IPL. It is very challenging to bowl against them and if you can do well against them in IPL, you can do well in international cricket. I have bowled predominantly in the powerplay and middle overs and got wickets.”

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The off-spinner would have been in action for CSK had the Indian Premier League (IPL) commenced from March 29. However, the tournament was suspended indefinitely due to the coronavirus pandemic.