Indian Cricket Team Seniors: What the future has in store for them

Harbhajan Singh:

A young Turbanator was totally unplayable on Australia's 2001 tour of India

Kuldeep Yadav's hat trick in the second ODI of the ongoing series against Australia made me recall a similar feat achieved by a young Harbhajan Singh at the Eden Gardens against the same opposition.

Though he was more successful in Test cricket, Harbhajan was one of the regulars in the ODI squad as well, especially after the retirement of arguably the greatest Indian spinner ever, Anil Kumble. The emergence of Ravichandran Ashwin as the frontline spinner and Ravindra Jadeja as a reliable option to bowl a full quota of overs have annihilated Bhajji's chances of a return.

265 ODI wickets is no mean feat, but the selectors can't be blamed if they feel Bhajji is past his prime, especially since he is 37. The presence of young guns Axar Patel, Yuzvendra Chahal and now Kuldeep means Harbhajan has a mountain to climb to get back on the selectors' radar. But knowing how tenacious he can be, one cannot simply write him off, until the Turbanator himself hangs up his boots i.e!