Harbhajan Singh opens can of worms, blames MS Dhoni & BCCI for Team India ouster

Boasting of a staggering 711 wickets, together with 28 fifers and 5 10-wicket hauls throughout codecs, Harbhajan Singh will all the time be cherished as India’s most profitable off-spin bowler.

Featuring in 367 worldwide matches, Harbhajan, for lengthy, reigned supreme as India’s premier spinner earlier than ultimately falling out of favour within the latter a part of his adorned profession. Amid lack of alternatives and age catching up with him, the 41-year-old, final December, introduced his retirement from all types of aggressive cricket.All good issues come to an finish and right this moment as I bid adieu to the sport that has given me every part in life, I want to thank everybody who made this 23-year-long journey stunning and memorable.My heartfelt thanks ?? Grateful .https://t.co/iD6WHU46MU— Harbhajan Turbanator (@harbhajan_singh) December 24, 2021
As the spin-bowling legend begins a brand new chapter in his life, he seems to be breaking the shackles with explosive revelations about his Indian cricket journey. The veteran cricketer dropped a bombshell by claiming that MS Dhoni and a few Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) officers had been accountable for his Team India ouster.”Luck has always favoured me. Just some external factors were not by my side and maybe, they were completely against me. This is because of the way I was bowling or the rate at which I was moving ahead. I was 31 when I took 400 wickets and if I would have played another 4-5 years, keeping in mind the kind of standards I had set for myself, I can tell you that I would have taken another 100-150 wickets or more,” Harbhajan informed Zee News.”Yes. MS Dhoni was the captain then but I think this thing was above Dhoni’s head. To a certain extent, there were some BCCI officials who were involved in this and they didn’t want me and the captain may have supported that but a captain can never be above the BCCI. The BCCI officials have always been bigger than the captain, coach, or the team,” he revealed.’DHONI HAD BETTER BACKING THAN OTHER PLAYERS’Harbhajan minced no phrases whereas declaring the unequalled assist Dhoni loved on the behest of the BCCI.”Dhoni had better backing than other players and if the rest of the players would have got the same kind of backing, then they would have played as well. It wasn’t as if the rest of the players forgot to swing a bat or didn’t know how to bowl all of a sudden,” he added.The Punjab spinner was additionally damage on getting a farewell match like different greats earlier than him. “Every player wants to retire wearing the India jersey but luck will not always be on your side and sometimes what you wish for, doesn’t happen. The big names that you have taken like VVS (Laxman), Rahul (Dravid), Viru (Virender Sehwag), and many others who took retirement later didn’t get the chance,” Bhajji said.When asked about his opinion about the recent controversy involving Virat Kohli and Sourav Ganguly, Harbhajan politely refused to divulge the details before stating that it could have been handled better. “Can’t say what occurred between Virat Kohli and Sourav Ganguly. I can solely let you know what I’ve gone by way of and that issues might have been dealt with in a greater method. Big gamers deserve respect,” the former Indian off-spinner said.In a bid to make the fans aware of his treatment in the Indian cricket team, Harbhajan also expressed his desire for a biopic to be made on his life. “I would love a movie or an internet sequence made on my life so that folks also can know my facet of the story, what sort of a man I’m, and what I do,” said Harbhajan.Asked about who will play the villain in his biopic, Harbhajan signed off by saying, “Can’t say who could be the villain in my biopic. There shouldn’t be one however many”.