Born in Jalandhar, Punjab, Harbhajan Singh is celebrating his 44th birthday today. Talented Harbhajan Singh has been instrumental in changing the approach of the Indian cricket team to Test cricket. Harbhajan was the first Indian player to take a hat-trick for the first time in Test cricket.
Bhajji has tried many hands not only on the cricket pitch but also in the film world. Apart from this, now he has become a leader and is a Rajya Sabha MP.
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Happy Birthday The Legend ‘Harbhajan Singh’.
Harbhajan Singh got offer from police department :-
In the year 2002, Harbhajan Singh got the job offer of Deputy Superintendent from Punjab Government. At that time the CM of Punjab was Prakash Singh Badal, who offered this job to Bhajji, but did not go against his ban in sports and did not accept the CM’s offer.
Bhajji used to do batting training :-
Early in life, Harbhajan Singh was given batting training by his childhood coach Chandraji Singh. After this his second coach Devinder Arora developed him into a lethal spinner.
First number 8 batsman to score centuries in consecutive Tests :-
Harbhajan Singh has also done wonders in Test cricket with the bat. He is the only batsman in Test history to score two consecutive centuries batting at number 8. In the year 2020, he did this feat in a Test match against New Zealand.
Harbhajan also tried his hand in the film world :-
Harbhajan Singh made a cameo appearance in the film Mujhse Shaadi Karogi (2004), Bhajji in Poblem (2013). In the year 2021, he also acted in Multilingual Friendship (2021).
