Ex-Indian spinner Maninder calls Harbhajan Singh “jealous” for spinning-track comments
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Former India spinner Maninder Singh has slammed Harbhajan Singh for his recent comments on how the current crop of Indian bowlers have benefited by playing on tailor-made spinning tracks. Maninder also termed Harbhajan's comments to be in bad taste and said that it had “the smells of jealousy”.
Maninder said, “I think being such a great bowler that he has been, Harbhajan should refrain from comments like this because he too has got wickets like this to bowl on and has got plenty of wickets on those kinds of tracks,” in an exclusive with CricketNext.
Slamming the current crop of spinners, Harbhajan made a series of tweets and said that he and Kumble would have taken a lot more wickets if only they had played on such wickets.
Commenting on Harbhajan's tweets, Maninder said, “Having played with someone like Sachin Tendulkar, Harbhajan has not learnt how to stay humble. By being humble someone like Bhajji can get a lot of respect.
Harbhajan should enjoy Ashwin's success and be happy about his achievements. Such a comment is in bad taste and “smells of jealousy”.
The former Indian spinner also praised the ability of Ravichandran Ashwin who has reclaimed the No.1 spot in the ICC Test rankings with a career-best performance in the New Zealand series.
Maninder, who has 88 wickets from 35 Test matches for the Indian team, said, “As a spinner I can tell you that Ashwin is in great form and rhythm. It's a treat to watch the way the ball is coming out of Ashwin's hand currently. If he keeps going the way he is, he should take more than 500 Test wickets.”
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