Surely all remember the 2008 Sydney Test due to the on-field tussle between Harbhajan Singh and Andrew Symonds. While the 'MonkeyGate' incident is quite stamped in everyone's memory, the spinner has other few incidents that he remembers from the series.
The bower, while doing an Instagram Live Session on the official handle of Chennai Super Kings (CSK) said that MS Dhoni was a very shy person when he first came to the team.
He said that the wicket-keeper finally started opening up after the 2008 Sydney Test against Australia.
The topic came when Harbhajan was asked to name his favourite memories with Dhoni.
Answering the question, Harbhajan replied: "We have played a lot of cricket together, we have done tours to probably all the countries, MS Dhoni was a very shy guy, he never used to come to our rooms, he was a very quiet guy, in the 2008 series against Australia, the Sydney Test brought the team together, from that time onwards, he started opening up.
"He was a young guy in the team, he was the captain but still he was very shy, he used to give suggestions, but he allowed everyone to do their thing, he is still the same, he gives everyone all the freedom, this is probably something people should learn from him, you should give space to bowlers," he added.
During the 2008 Sydney Test, India had to face a few bad decisions and the side ended up losing the match.
For the altercation with Symonds, Harbhajan was even handed a three-match ban although the charges were downgraded on 29 January 2008 to the lesser charge of using abusive language and the ban was lifted.
As for Dhoni, the 38-year-old has been currently enjoying some time away from the game.
He last played competitive cricket during the 2019 World Cup and was not even part of the BCCI's centrally contracted players list.
Dhoni was to make a comeback with the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020, which was slated to begin from March 29, however, the cash-rich tournament has been postponed indefinitely due to the coronavirus pandemic.