9. HARBHAJAN SINGH – BHAJJI
Harbhajan Singh played the perfect foil to Anil Kumble all through the 90s. Under Ganguly’s captaincy, Harbhajan was India’s frontline off-spinner. ‘Bhajji’ could extract a lot of bounce on his off spinners. He mixed up his deliveries pretty well and disguised the batsmen with his ‘Doosra’.
The ‘Turbanator’ had the knack of picking up wickets in a heap and often ran through touring sides . Harbhajan more often than not proved to be the nemesis of the mighty Aussies when they toured the subcontinent. He could entertain with the bat too by scoring some quick fire runs down the order.
Test Record: Oct 2000-2005
Matches – 39 Wickets – 184 Bowling Avg. – 27.08 Eco.- 2.71 Strike Rate – 59.9