Harbajan Singh Biography

Harbajan Singh Biography | Harbajan Singh Profile Harbhajan Singh is an Indian cricketer and plays the role of an off-spinner in the team and is a right handed batsman. He is nicknamed Bhajji and is known as The Turbanator. Harbajan Singh Early Life Harbhajan Singh Plaha was born on 3rd July 1980 to a Ramgarhia Sikh family in Jalandhar, Punjab. He is the second youngest child in the family of 6 children and is the only son of Sardar Sardev Singh. His father was the main motivation behind him taking cricket as a career. His schooling career is very interesting. He has studied in five different schools from 1st to 12th. Jai Hind Model School (1-5), Government Model Senior Secondary School (6-8), Doaba School (9-10), and Parvati Jain High School (11-12). Harbhajan Singh became the head of the family after his father’s death in 2000 and is the only support of his mother and 5 sisters. He has happily arranged marriage for his 3 elder sisters. Personal Information First Name : Harbhajan Last Name : Singh Birth Name : Harbhajan Singh Plaha Nick Name : Bhajji, The Turbanator Date of Birth : Thursday, July 03, 1980 Place of Birth : Jalandhar, Punjab Mother : - Father : Sardar Sardev Singh Sisters : 5 (4 elder, 1 younger) Education : Jai Hind Model School, Government Model Senior Secondary School, Doaba School, Parvati Jain High School Height : 5 ft 11 inch (1.80 m) Marital Status : Single Occupation : Cricketer Batting Style : Right handed Bowling Style : Right Arm Off Break Role in Team : Bowler Debut : Test Debut: Vs Australia, 25 March 1998 ODI Debut: Vs New Zealand, 17 April 1998 T20 Debut: Vs South Africa, 1 December 2006 Highest Batting Rankings : Tests: 71 on 20 June 2011 ODI: 118 on 10 April 2003 Highest Bowling Rankings : Tests: 4 on 25July 2003 ODI: 4 on 3 February 2002 Awards and Achievements : Man of the Series Award : 3 Times Man of the Match Award : 9 Times Cricket Career Harbhajan Singh came into domestic cricket representing Punjab U-16 cricket team in November 1995/96. He was instrumental in his debut and led his team to a 9 wicket victory against Haryana taking 12 wickets in the match. He made his first class debut in 1997 against Services in Ranji trophy. His career saw so much ups and downs that a cricketer would never ever dream of witnessing. He faced a kind of exile from International career before getting an opportunity against the Australians. Harbhajan Singh first came to the Test arena with debut against Australia on 25 March 1998 where he was poor scoring 4 and 0 in two innings and taking 2/136 as India lost. He made his ODI debut against New Zealand on 17 April 1998 in Sharjah. India won by 15 runs while Harbhajan took 1/32 in 10 overs. His full potential was witnessed in the 3 match bilateral series against visiting Australians where he wrecked havoc among the batsmen taking wickets in all the six innings of the test matches especially the second and third test match where he had the match figures of 13/196 and 15/217. In that series he became the first Indian player to take a hat-trick in Test after dismissing Ricky Ponting, Adam Gilchrist and Shane Warne. Harbhajan Singh is the second highest wicket taker among off-spinners in the world and is the 11th highest wicket taker in the world in test. He has achieved the highest ODI and Test ranking of 4 and the highest batting ranking of 71 for tests and 110 for ODI. AP Entertainment News, entertainment, entertainment news, Harbajan Singh biography, Harbajan Singh information, Harbajan Singh profile, profile of Harbajan Singh, Harbajan Singh age, Harbajan Singh bio, Harbajan Singh cricketer, cricketer Harbajan Singh, wallpaper of Harbajan Singh, wallpapers of Harbajan Singh, Harbajan Singh family, images of Harbajan Singh, Harbajan Singh photo, indian cricketers biography, indian cricketers profile, ODI, T20, Test, records, Harbajan Singh records in cricket,h2h,h2hworld