Mumbai: Indian off-spinner Harbhajan Singh, who is recently out of Indian team touring Sri Lanka, on Friday hit out at the Indian media after a news report noted his wicketless bowling in recent County matches in England.
Harbhajan, out of India’s team since an England tour last year, conceded 33 runs in 13 overs for no wickets while playing for Essex against Gloucestershire in a rain-affected four-day match last week.
“Indian media makes the news out of nothing. Three days of county game gone in rain and they playing ‘Bhajji gone wicketless’. Well done media,” Harbhajan, who is known Bhajji in India wrote on Twitter.
“Indian media is nothing but a joke. Worst part is the people believe what they write. Come on guys grow up. Stop putting one guy down. Don’t do this crap stories. Stay away media,” he added.
“Harbhajan’s barren spell for Essex continues,” read a headline by a national newspaper on Friday, which used a news report filed by an Indian news agency from England.
Harbhajan played for English county Surrey in 2005 and 2007. He was on Wednesday named in a 30-man preliminary Indian squad for the World Twenty20 to be played in Sri Lanka later this year.
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