Harbhajan Singh

Full name
Harbhajan Singh
Born
3 July 1980 Jalandhar,Punjab,India

Nickname
Bhajji

Height
5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Batting style
Right-hand
Bowling style
Right-arm off break Role
Test debut

25 March 1998 v Australia

ODI debut17

April 1998 v New Zealand

Harbhajan was born into a middle class punjabi family. He is the only son of Sardar Sardev Singh, a businessman who owned a ball bearing and valve factory Growing up with five sisters, Harbhajan was in line to inherit the family business, but his father insisted that he concentrate on his cricket career and represent India.Harbhajan was trained as a batsman by his first coach Charanjit Singh Bullar, but converted to spin bowling after his coach's untimely death saw him turn to the tutelage of Davinder Arora. Arora credits Harbhajan's success to a work ethic that included a three hour training session in the morning, followed by an afternoon session lasting from 3 pm until after sunset.