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 On the ongoing tour of the West Indies, off-spinner Harbhajan Singh looms as the biggest threat to one person who for long has been his friend, philosopher and guide.
Leg-spinner Anil Kumble, India’s proven match-winner, watched his protégé take the lone spinner’s berth in the second Test at Port of Spain last week and, if team sources are to be believed, he would meet the same fate in the third Test at Barbados starting Thursday.
Kumble, with 319 wickets from 69 Tests, is India’s second highest wicket-taker of all time but the team management believes it cannot accommodate two spinners in the final 11 on these fast pitches in West Indies.
So the Indians went in with three fast bowlers in Port of Spain and would again do so in Barbados, which is considered to be one of the fastest tracks in the Caribbean.
Feeling guilty at finding his senior partner being put on the bench, Harbhajan Singh offered his apology to Kumble. “I said sorry Anil bhai. But he was full of grace and said don’t be silly.”
“In moments like this, you realise the quality of this real man,”
Harbhajan said.
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