Harbhajan also highlighted the unconventional additions of Washington Sundar and Ravichandran Ashwin to the squad. Notably, neither player was initially part of the team’s plans. Harbhajan suggested that this shift could indicate that the team management is actively seeking an off-spinner.

“First Washington Sundar, who wasn’t in the original Asia Cup squad, was called there. After that, a second player has been added for this series and that is R Ashwin. So somewhere or the other Team India are searching for off-spinners. They have probably realized their mistake that they haven’t picked an off-spinner in the team and that our bowlers can get into trouble if a lot of left-handers come in front of them. Why unnecessarily go through all this? It is beyond my understanding or they are going to make another mistake to rectify their earlier mistake,” Harbhajan concluded.

After the first India vs. Pakistan game was canceled due to rain, Najam Sethi took to X / formerly Twitter to express his views. He questioned the decision to change the match venue from Colombo to Hambantota due to rain forecasts and implied that India might be avoiding the match out of fear. Sethi’s statement stirred controversy and anticipation.

Najam Shetty’s tweet here

Harbhajan Singh stated, “India does not want to play Pakistan because India is scared. India is never scared to play anyone. Don’t know where this is coming from. They needed to sit with the Asian Cricket Council and see where the tournament is going to be held. Whether the weather forecast was right or not. Boss, come and play us wherever you want, we will beat you.”

India and Pakistan are set to face each other for the second time in the Asia Cup 2023 on September 10 at the R. Premadasa stadium in Colombo.

In IPL last Monday (01 May) Bengaluru won the match against Lucknow Super Giants. Virat Kohli and Gautam Gambhir got involved in controversy while shaking hands after the match. However, the former Indian spinner has assured that he will fix everything between these two cricketers after the IPL.

Bengaluru defeated Lucknow by 18 runs in the only match of the IPL on Monday. Batting first, RCB got a short capital of 126 runs. In response, Lucknow’s innings stopped at 108 runs in controlled bowling by Bengaluru bowlers. RCB players cheered when Lucknow’s wicket fell in the match. But Kohli’s joy was a little too much. Lucknow mentor Gautam Gambhir may not have seen that.

The cricketers cheered wildly when RCB took the wicket of Naveen-ul-Haq in the match. RCB cricketers threw head caps, which Naveen did not take kindly to. Then at the end of the match, Kohli and Gambhir had a discussion. Then the two got into an argument with each other for a while. Then the cricketers of the two teams separated them. Former Indian spinner Harbhajan Singh also spoke about this on his YouTube channel. There, Harbhajan said, ‘It will not stop here. People will argue about it. The practice will continue who is at fault and who is not.’

Meanwhile, in 2008, a similar situation happened with Harbhajan, former Indian pacer Sreesanth. Now after 15 years, he feels ashamed. Harbhajan Singh said, ‘I still feel ashamed to think about it. At that time I felt that what happened was right, I was right. But now I think what I did was wrong.’He also said, ‘Kohli is emotional, he played because of his emotions and this happened. But we have to find out who is at fault – Kohli, Gambhir, or Naveen. But this incident is not good for cricket.’