Chandigarh, First Published Dec 24, 2021, 6:34 PM IST
Mumbai: Cricket world congratulates Harbhajan Singh on his retirement from active cricket. Harbhajan tweeted that Sachin, Tendulkar, VVS Laxman, Irfan Pathan, Gautam Gambhir, Shikhar Dhawan, Suresh Raina, Umesh Yadav, RP Singh and many others were the turbaneters of Indian cricket.
On Twitter, Harbhajan Singh announced his retirement from all formats of cricket, including the IPL.
Harbhajan, who made his Test debut for India in 1998 at the age of 17, has taken 417 wickets in 101 Tests, 269 wickets in 236 ODIs, 25 wickets in 28 T20Is and 150 wickets in 163 IPL matches.
He was a member of the Indian team that won the 2007 Twenty20 World Cup and the 2011 ODI World Cup. Harbhajan, the first Indian bowler to score a Test hat-trick, last played for India in March 2016. Although his retirement was not announced later, the selectors did not consider Harbhajan to join the Indian team. Despite being the star of the Kolkata Knight Riders in the IPL last season, Harbhajan did not get a chance in the playing XI.
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