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Sohail Tanvir’s made a T20 world record in bowling with figures as good as 6 for 14 against Chennai Super Kings on Sunday even made M S Dhoni amazed. Dhoni said he can only appreciate and clap to the performance by Pakistani pacer.
Tanvir starerd well by taking 3 quick wickets and put pressure on Chennai Super Kings, which dhoni’s team was unable to recover from and suffer a eight wickets loss to Rajasthan Royals.
Harbhajan Singh has further deepened the animosity between India and Australia, calling Matthew Hayden “a big liar” and Adam Gilchrist “no saint”.
The Indian has been in the headlines on the acrimonious tour of Australia ever since he was banned for three matches for allegedly racially abusing Andrew Symonds during the second Test in Sydney in January.
The suspension was later overturned following an appeal hearing, but the relations between the two sides deteriorated as Hayden called Harbhajan an “obnoxious weed” on radio during the subsequent one-day series.
Harbhajan said he was upset when Hayden and wicketkeeper-batsman Gilchrist both supported Symonds in the racial row.
“Don’t talk about Hayden’s credibility, he is a big liar,” Harbhajan told the Delhi-based tabloid Mail Today.
“He (Gilchrist) is also not a saint. He, of course, pretends to be a saint - someone who doesn’t say an offensive word on the field.
“But this is completely wrong. There are times when he doesn’t let an opportunity go (to) waste,” Harbhajan said, adding Gilchrist said nasty things on the field.
Gilchrist, who earned the reputation of being a “walker” during his illustrious career, retired from international cricket after the triangular finals, won 2-0 by India on Tuesday.
Sri Lanka, knocked out earlier, were the third team in the fray.
Harbhajan described Australia as an “arrogant side” but added he never expected they would give his team “so much crap” on the field.
“The whole world knows how the Australians target individual players to break their confidence. This was not new for us either, but calling me a racist was something we never expected,” he said.
“When we had enough of it, we also gave them back and they started complaining to the umpires about me. It was stunning … how low they can stoop to break a player’s confidence.”
The off-spinner was, however, all praise for Brett Lee, saying the Australian fast bowler was different from his teammates.
“Lee never spoke in the same manner as the rest of his teammates. He never uttered any nonsense to us and kept visiting our dressing-room even after Sydney,” he said.
Harbhajan said he was happy his side gave a fitting response to Australia by capping their testing tour with a stunning victory in the one-day finals.
“It was like Harbhajan v Australia after that (Sydney Test). It was, of course, very difficult to focus on cricket,” he said.
“I was proud of the way our team played and I believe we have the potential to be the number one side in the world.”
Harbhajan has been a thorn in Australia’s flesh since 2001 when he claimed 32 wickets in three home Tests to play a key role in ending their 16-match winning streak under Steve Waugh.
The Men in Blue received a glorious homecoming in Delhi on Thursday 6th March, 2008. The man who had a major hand in India’s victory down under — Sachin Tendulkar — took the opportunity to remind everyone of the contribution of the seniors to the team.
Sachin said, “It has been a good journey for the youngsters, but at the same time I would like to remind everyone that you cannot forget what the other senior players, who were not there on the top, have done for India. Their contribution should not be forgotten.”
Sachin Tendulkar who has served Indian cricket tirelessly for 18 long years appealed that the nation should not forget the wealth of experience the senior players have and the contributions they have made in the past to make team India victorious.
This is also a message from Sachin Tendulkar to the ODI captain MS Dhoni, for whom the CB series triumph was a stepping stone for his young team. The appeal came in keeping in mind the seniors performances down under in the Test series. Sachin said that they were the ones who instilled confidence in the youngsters with their stellar performances.
Rightly so, Sourav Ganguly and Rahul Dravid may not have been a part of the ODI team in the victory down under, however, their records speak volumes. Ganguly has 11,363 runs in 311 One-dayers with an average of 41 with 22 centuries under his belt. With a strike rate of around 74 and high levels of performances in the international circuit it is yet believed that he is unsuitable for this format of the game.
Rahul Dravid who scored over 10 thousand runs from 333 one-dayers averages at 40 with 12 centuries under his belt. These records are no mean achievement and his stability and technique inspires confidence amongst one and all.
It will be audacious to call time on the ODI careers of these two extra-ordinary gentlemen but Sachin’s words is a timely reminder to treat these senior players with due respect and applaud them for the contributions they have made towards Indian cricket.