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InDepth headlines national business sports cricket regional entertainment technology world travel autos health | in-depth coverage > Indian Cricket Team's Bangladesh Tour > My dream is to play for India as long as possible: Harbhajan 23.34 IST 18th Dec 2004 By IndiaExpress Bureau 
Harbhajan Singh may have got himself closer to legendary EAS Prasanna's tally of 189 wickets but the off-spinner is more focussed on playing for the country as long as possible rather than aim for records.Harbhajan, who needs two more wickets to equal Prasanna's tally, said he would be happy to become India's leading off-spinner ever but he would like to play longer for India rather than look at such milestones. "Let me get those wickets first, but it would be nice to become India's leading off-spinner. I am looking forward to bowl tomorrow," he said. "I am still young, just 24-years old. So I don't want to look at that few wickets. My dream is to play for India as long as possible." Harbhajan has not been among the wickets in Bangladesh but he more than made up for that with a 43-ball 47 that was crucial for India posting a huge total of 540. "I always enjoy my batting. It is a good wicket to bat on, has good bounce and shows enough turn as well. It would help the fast bowlers also, but we should bowl the right line and length. "I have enjoyed my bowling here (in Bangladesh). We (spinners) have not got to bowl much as Irfan (Pathan) took 11 wickets (in the first Test in Dhaka)," Harbhajan said. Bangladesh fast bowler Mashrafe Mortaza was delighted at grabbing Sachin Tendulkar's wicket and the 21-year-old said it was a "surprise delivery" that got the maestro on the first ball of the day's play. "It was a surprise delivery. I planned at bowling an inswinger and it came out very well," Mortaza said at the end of the second day's play. Tendulkar was trapped plumb in front when he was rapped on the pads by a sharp in cutter from Mortaza. But the ace batsman seemed to have lost his concentration due to constant movement behind the bowler's arm, which held up the start of the day's proceedings for a few minutes. "It is very inspiring for any bowler to get a wicket off the first ball," said Mortaza who had consistently troubled the Indian batsmen with his pace in the series. "The wicket was flat, so I was advised to stick to a line to contain the run flow," he said. "Sachin's wicket would be memorable but the delivery that got Rahul Dravid was the best." Dravid, well set on 160, was lured by a ball that dragged him outside the off stump for a thick edge to wicket-keeper Khaled Mashud. in-depth coverage > Indian Cricket Team's Bangladesh Tour > |
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