Harbhajan Singh’s second century in as many innings reads like a fairy tale. He is now the highest run aggregator in the India – New Zealand Test series at home.
For a bowler, who has just crossed 1000 Test runs , this is not bad — not bad at all!Has India re-discovered the all-rounder its been seeking?
Is Harbhajan Singh the answer to Dhoni’s prayers? The Indian skipper has harped on how India miss a quality all-rounder specially with the World Cup coming up. Bhajji could very well deliver the goods on flat Indian pitches.
India’s 1983 victory was possible because the team had a generous quota of men with all-round abilities — Kirti Azad, Roger Binny, Kapil Dev , Madan Lal and Mohinder Amarnath.
The five could chip in with the bat and the ball. India has since lacked genuine all-rounders in the past decade and a half.
Irfan Pathan and Ajit Agarkar promised much but couldn’t deliver. Agarkar remained a very good bowler and Pathan’s batting abilities improved at the expense of his bowling.
Manoj Prabhakar remains the last genuine all-rounder to have donned the India colours — in all formats of the game.
Dhoni is fortunate that the Indian team continues their golden run under his stewardship. Doubts about his Test batting form linger but for now the question marks are swept under the carpet.
Can his luck hold?
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