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This is an archive article published on April 28, 2008

Harbhajan 8212; a habitual offender?

The feisty off-spinner has got under the skin of opposition players many a time.

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The ban on Harbhajan Singh imposed by the Indian Premier League for assaulting paceman S Sreesanth is only the latest in the series of instances when the tweaker has found himself in the news for all the wrong reasons.

The feisty off-spinner has got under the skin of opposition players many a time at the international level but his slapping of India teammate Sreesanth after the IPL game between Mumbai Indians and Kings XI Punjab in Mohali was a new low.

Harbhajan, nicknamed 8216;The Turbanator8217;, has often landed in trouble for being a bit too aggressive for his own good on several occasions and could find himself in further trouble with BCCI appointing a separate inquiry into the latest misdemeanour.

By his own admission, Harbhajan is not someone who would let only his bowling do the talking when it comes to dealing with opposition and has time and again taken on rival players in verbal spats.

The first of these instances happened during the offie8217;s maiden international ODI series and the man at the other end was the current Australian skipper Ricky Ponting.

The Indian had a heated exchange with Ponting, who is not known to sit back and listen either, after dismissing him and was slapped with a hefty fine and a reprimand.

He was subsequently dropped from the team for non-performance and adding to his woes was a 8220;suspect8221; bowling action that was famously described by the legendary Bishan Singh Bedi as being similar to that of a 8220;javeline thrower8221;.

 

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