"It Was Love at First Sight," Sourav Ganguly Recalls Nostalgic Story About Indian Cricketer!

Recalling the iconic 2001 Test match between India and Australia, Sourav Ganguly said he was convinced that Harbhajan Singh would go on to script records when he saw the off-spinner bowling for the first time.

“They say it’s love at first sight. And when I saw Harbhajan bowl at Eden, picking up 14 wickets it was love at first sight for a cricketer who I believed would go on to change things for Indian cricket,” Sourav Ganguly said in a show on India Today.

“And 800 wickets after that, I am not surprised. He and Anil were the two best spinners India has ever had together in terms of the no of wickets and the impact that they have had on Test matches."

In the three Test matches played, Harbhajan Singh picked up 32 wickets including a hat-trick.

“It was a new team with no Anil Kumble and Javagal Srinath. Harbhajan Singh was a new commodity. I played 3 different spinners in 3 different Test matches. 1st one was Rahul Sanghvi, 2nd was Venkatapathy Raju, 3rd one was Neelesh Kulkarni. And my only wicket-taker was Harbhajan Singh because Anil Kumble was injured,” Ganguly said.