Australian legend Adam Gilchrist has described Harbhajan Singh as his \u201cnemesis\u201d, saying the Indian off-spinner and Sri Lanka\u2019s Muttiah Muralitharan were the two hardest bowlers that he faced during his international career.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Talking about his illustrious career\u2019s milestones and memorable moments, the wicketkeeper recalled the 2001 away Test series against India where Harbhajan starred with the ball.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201c(We were) five for 99, I went in there, got a hundred off 80 balls, we won in three days and I just thought, \u2018What have these blokes been doing for 30 years. How easy\u2019s this?\u2019\u201d Gilchrist said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Harbhajan, who was adjudged Man of the Series, picked 32 wickets in three matches, including India\u2019s first Test hat-trick at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata during the second Test.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHe was a bit of a nemesis for me right throughout my career. I found him and Murali probably the two hardest bowlers to face,\u201d Gilchrist told cricket.com.au in their \u2018The Unplayable Podcast\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAs it would turn out, by the end of that series we probably needed to learn how to put a handbrake on just to get a holding pattern, rather than \u2018attack, attack, attack\u2019 because it doesn\u2019t always work Harbhajan bamboozled us,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI think that was probably one of my most important innings but there\u2019s nothing too sexy about it. I promoted myself again, sounding like a big head but went up to try and be positive and just to erase the (first-innings) deficit,\u201d the 47-year-old said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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