'It's about the skills and not pitch,' Harbhajan slammed by fans when he questioned standards of surface used in India
Harbhajan Singh , PTI
Harbhajan Singh was slammed on the social media when he questioned the standards of pitch used in Ranji Trophy and Tests in India's home seasons
Renowned Indian sports journalist Vijay Lokapally shared an article which credited the Head of the Cricket Operations, former Test wicketkeeper Saba Karim and his team for revamping the Indian domestic circuit.
Meanwhile, Harbhajan quote tweeted that and tweeted, "Can we see that change or some change for the test matches in India too? What’s the point playing Ranji trophy on such wickets and test cricket in India on rank turners. last 5 yrs of test cricket in India every game finished 3 days. is this how u wanna save test cricket? Take pride?"
Almost immediately angry fans pounced on his tweet bashing him about how he should check his facts before he made such claims publically.
Here are some of those tweets:
Why lying blatantly ? Not everyone is fool to believe u w/o checking facts
Number of days test went on
England in India 2016 | 1st Test - 5 | 2nd - 5 | 3rd - 4 | 4th - 5 | 5th - 5
Australia in India 2017 | 1st - 3 | 2nd - 4 | 3rd - 5 | 4th - 5
— Mitul (@Eme2ul) January 5, 2019
He also didn't mention that in those test matches india always scored 450-600 runs..
indian team scored heavily on the same wkt where opposition bowled out twice..its more abt skills not abt pitch .
— Manu (@Manu_k333) January 5, 2019
2016 NZ series 1st test - 5 days 2nd test - 4 days 3rd test - 4 days
2016 England series 1st test - 5 days 2nd test - 5 days 3rd test - 4 days 4th test - 5 days 5th test - 5 days
2017 Australia series 1st test - 3 days 2nd test - 4 days 3rd test - 5 days 4th test - 4 days
— Raj Nathwani (@rajnatuu) January 5, 2019
Exactly, he seems to b jealous that ash and jaddu took lots of wickets
— Kshitij Kumar ojha (@Kshitij29328053) January 5, 2019
— (@Niharfc) January 5, 2019
Hahaha jealous of Ashwin-Jadeja. Can understand your frustration..Can't even break into the IPL playing XI these days because of them
— Amitesh (@_amiteshSingh_) January 5, 2019
Bhai!! Even when you played they were rank turners.
— sudheer (@sudheer1789) January 5, 2019
A few days back, Harbhajan got involved in Twitter fights with West Indian cricketer Tino Best when the Monkey Gate had reopened off the field following Andrew Symonds' recent interview where he claimed that Harbhajan had cried and apologised to him after the incident in 2008 tour.