Harbhajan Singh

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Harbhajan Singh is an Indian cricketer , his off spin bowling which is actually a compliment to the temperamental Indian hailing from the aggressive Ludhiana region of Punjab.

Born	3 July 1980 (age 43 years), Jalandhar
Profession	Cricketer
Height	5 ft 6 inch (168 cm)
Father	Sardar Sardev Singh Plaha
Mother	Avtar Kaur
Wife	Geeta basra

Bio

Harbhajan Singh was Born on 3 July 1980 (age 42 years), Jalandhar Punjab India.

Family

Harbhajan Singh was born into a Sikh family. He is the only son of Sardar Sardev Singh Plaha, a Sikh Freedom Fighter who owned a ball bearing and valve factory.

Harbhajan Singh married his longtime girlfriend, actress Geeta Basra, on 29 October 2015 in Jalandhar.They have a daughter, born on 27 July 2016, and a son, born on 10 July 2021.

Education

Harbhajan Singh did his formar education from Jai Hind Model School Government Model Senior Secondary School Doaba School Parvati Jain High School in Jalandhar, Panjab. He did not attended any college for his further education and is an higher secondary passed .

Harbhajan Singh Career

Harbhajan singh is an indian cricketer, Bowler, he joined cricket after his early education and reperesented India in cricket.

Harbhajan singh’s first domestic debut was against Haryana in the age of 15 years in under 16 , in November of 1995-1996. He took 7/46 and 5/138 against Haryana setting up a nine Wicket WIn .

He was rewarded with selection for North Zone Under-16s, a team that represents all of northern India for a one-day series, in which he took two wickets at 43.50 in four matches and scored 18 runs.

At the end of the season, he was called into the national Under-19 team at the age of 15 years and 9 months for a youth One Day International against South Africa. He took 1/19 from seven overs in an Indian win.

Harbhajan made his first-class cricket debut in late 1997 against Services, during the 1997–98 Ranji Trophy season. He took a total of 3/35 in an innings win but was dropped back to the Under-19s the following week. He then took 5/75 and 7/44 in two matches to earn a recall to the senior team. He then took a total of 7/123 in the next two matches for Punjab to earn selection for North Zone in the Duleep Trophy.

Harbhajan Singh has taken 417 wickets in 103 Tests playing for India. Apart from this, he has also scored 2,224 runs which include two centuries and 9 fifties. Harbhajan has taken 269 from 236 ODIs. He has also scored 1,237 runs in ODI cricket. Harbhajan has taken 25 wickets in 28 T20 Internationals.

Country	India
Test Debut	25 March 1998 v Australia (Cap 220)
ODI Debut	17 April 1998 v New Zealand(Cap 113)
T20I Debut	1 December 2006 v South Africa (cap 3)
Jersey No.	3
IPL	debut 2008 .

Political career

Harbhajan singh joined AAM AADMI PARTY in 2022 and got a seat in Rajya Sabha From Punjab.

Controversies

1998 suspension
Harbhajan was fined and given a suspended ban for one ODI by the match referee in his first international series, when his on-field behaviour was adjudged to breach the ICC Code of Conduct. The incident in question was his altercation with Ricky Ponting after dismissing him.

Altercations with Andrew Symonds and Sreesanth
While Harbhajan was batting during his 63 on the third day of the Second Test at the Sydney Cricket Ground, he became involved in an altercation with Australia’s Andrew Symonds. As a result of this, he was charged with a Level 3 offence of racially abusing Symonds by calling the Australian—of Caribbean descent—a “monkey”. Harbhajan and Tendulkar, his batting partner at the time of the incident, denied this. At a hearing after the conclusion of the Test, match referee Mike Procter found Harbhajan guilty and banned him for three Tests. This decision generated controversy because no audio or video evidence was available, and the conviction relied on the testimony of the Australian players. The Indian team initially threatened to withdraw from the series pending an appeal against Harbhajan’s suspension, however BCCI president Sharad Pawar later claimed that the tour would proceed even if the second hearing was unsuccessful.

IPL

Harbhajan Singh debuted in IPL in the year 2008 . He had played for these three teams in IPL, for Mumbai Indians, Chennai Super Kings and Kolkata Knight Riders franchise.

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Format	Test	ODI	T20I	IPL
Matches	103	236	28	163
Runs Scored	2,224	1,237	108	833
Batting Average	18.23	13.30	13.50	15.15
100s	2	0	0	0
50s	9	0	0	1
Highest Score	115	49	21	64
Wickets	417	269	25	150
Balls bowled	28,580	12,479	612	3416
Bowling Average	32.46	33.35	25.32	26.87
5-Wicket haul	25	3	0	1
10-Wicket haul	05	0	0	0
Best Bowling	8/84	5/31	4/12	5/18
Catch/Stumpings	42/–	71/–	7/–	0/-

Net Worth of Harbhajan Singh

As per media reports Harbhajan singh’s Net worth is around 9 Million USD, which in Indian currency is approximately equal to 65 Crore Indian Rupee.

Cricket

Apart from BCCI match fees, Harbhajan Singh is also playing for KKR in IPL .. His last season in the IPL was for Kolkata Knight Riders who bought the player for his base price of INR 2 crore.

Social Media and Advertisements

Harbhajan Singh has also a best amount of social media following by which he makes decent amount of money. He had also done many TV commercials for Brands till now.

Net Worth	$9 million
Net Worth In Indian Rupees	65 crore INR
Monthly Income And Salary	60 lakh +
Yearly Income	6 crore +
Income Source	Cricket, Advertisement

Social Media of Harbhajan Singh

Harbhajan Singh has also a huge amount of Fan following over his social media platforms. He has total 11 million followers combining his Instagram, Twitter .

Harbhajan Singh posts entertaining content on his Instagram with members of Team India at a period of time. His reels also got viral many times till now.