Courtesy- Kolkata Knight Riders
The Kolkata-based franchise has acquired the services of some of the important players in the recently concluded auction. One such player is the veteran offie of India Harbhajan Singh. The amount of excitement and dedication he has for the game has left everyone amazed in the KKR camp.
Harbhajan Singh who turns 41 this July has been a part of the Indian Premier League since its inception. He had earlier been part of Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super King and he will be donning the gold and purple in the upcoming season of the Indian Premier League. KKR bought him in the 2021 auction for Rs. 2 Cr.
Karthik said during one of the KKR practice matches at DY Patil Stadium “Picking him I think wasn’t easy, considering that he has been around for so long. But the amount of interest and intensity he has shown in the last one week is just fabulous. He has been coming to practice sessions early, much ahead of all other players! And he has been doing it consistently! I think he is a different man now from whatever little I have seen of him this week.”
Harbhajan Singh is mostly known for his bowling skills but he is also improving on his batting for the past few days. He is regularly seen batting in the nets apart from his bowling. “Even in a practice game that starts at 7 PM, he had come at 4 O’clock! He was batting before that, he bowled to Shakib (Al Hasan) and (Eoin) Morgan, and then did his stretching again before getting into the practice game”.
“He is bowling in the match and also fielding all 20 overs. That’s about as much as you can ask for from a man of his stature! He has achieved everything. Yet to show this kind of interest at this stage of his career speaks volumes of him as a character. I am sure he will do a great job for KKR,” Karthik added. Cricket lovers will surely be excited to see him on field after long.