Harbhajan Singh talked at length about his rivalry with the former Australian skipper in the latest episode of the Star Sports show Cricket Connected.
On being asked what he felt when he dismissed Ricky Ponting for the first time, Harbhajan Singh recalled that his maiden dismissal of the Aussie great was in an ODI at Sharjah. The off-spinner revealed that he had also given a send-off to Ponting, even though he himself did not understand those words.
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Harbhajan Singh recollected that Ricky Ponting, after being dismissed, almost charged at him with his bat in hand.
Harbhajan Singh also talked about the famous 2001 Test series against Australia, when the Turbanator had bamboozled Punter with his off-spinning wares. He added that watching the manner of Ricky Ponting’s dismissals, it seemed like the latter was not concentrating on the delivery and getting dismissed just by seeing his face.
Harbhajan Singh shared the secret behind the special celebration he did after dismissing Ricky Ponting off the first ball he delivered to the latter in the 2nd innings of the Sydney Test in 2008.
Harbhajan Singh’s record against Ricky Ponting
Harbhajan Singh has dismissed Ricky Ponting on 10 occasions in Test cricket, the most times the Australian has been dismissed by any bowler. Among these 10 dismissals, there were three instances when the wily off-spinner had got rid of the former Australian captain for a duck.
While Ricky Ponting has an excellent overall Test average of 51.85, it dropped down significantly to 22.30 when he was up against Harbhajan Singh. The Australian also has his name etched in the record books as the Indian off-spinner’s 300th Test victim and the 200th on home soil.
In the much-discussed 2001 Test series in India, Ricky Ponting scored just 17 runs in 5 innings at a meagre average of 3.4, with Harbhajan Singh dismissing him on each of the five occasions.
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