The off-spinner started playing cricket with a dream to represent the Indian team at the highest level of the game. Within just a year of making his First-Class debut, he found himself playing for the Indian cricket team against the Australian team. On his debut, he could just scalp 2 wickets but soon his fortune changed and Australian team became a bunny to the Harbhajan Singh. Australians found him difficult to handle. It was the Australians only who named him ‘The Turbanator’.