Under the captaincy of Sourav Ganguly, the Indian team won the historic Test series in 2001 by defeating Australia. The captain of the Australian team in this series was Steve Waugh. In fact, after the victory in this series, the Indian captain Sourav Ganguly won a lot of applause. Indian spinner Harbhajan Singh was instrumental in winning this series. At that time, Bhajji was only 21 years old. He scored a hat-trick in the Kolkata test. In this way, he became the first bowler to achieve a hat-trick for India in test matches. Sourav Ganguly gave Harbhajan Singh a shot in this series. After this series, there was a big change in Harbhajan Singh’s career. Harbhajan Singh emerged as the new star of Indian cricket.
Harbhajan Singh has now given a big statement about winning the series. He said that if the Indian team had lost this series against Australia, Sourav Ganguly would have been removed from the captaincy. Bhajji spoke highly of Sourav Ganguly. He said that thanks to Sourav Ganguly, I had a chance in this series. I got a new identity after this series. All this was possible thanks to Sourav Ganguly. Harbhajan Singh said that if Sourav Ganguly hadn’t shown faith in me in that series, he might not have had the chance. Bhajji further said that there is no doubt that Sourav Ganguly helped me. I will always be grateful to him for this.
Harbhajan Singh was in excellent form in that series. He took only four wickets in the first Test. But it proved to be a fire in the second and third tests. He also took the first hat-trick of his career in the second Test proper. In the opening innings of the second Test, Harbhajan fired Ricky Ponting, Adam Gilchrist and Shane Warne in successive installments. He took 7 wickets in one inning. He also took six wickets in the second inning. India won by 171 runs. In the third and final test, Harbhajan took 15 wickets in both innings.
