I am ready for Champions Trophy: Harbhajan Singh hoping for Team India call

Indian off-spinner Harbhajan Singh believes he is ready now more than ever to make his way back into the national squad for the upcoming Champions Trophy, beginning June 1 in England and Wales.

Harbhajan, however, assured that he is not going to lose sleep even if national selectors, who will meet on May 8 in the New Delhi, don’t pick him.

The veteran off-spinner has bagged only eight wickets from nine matches he played so far in the ongoing tenth edition of the Indian Premier League, but his economy rate of 5.82 is the best for any spinner in this year’s IPL.

He also displayed impressive performances in the Vijay Hazare domestic 50-overs competition, taking nine wickets from six games at four an over.

And the 36-year-old admitted that he still has enough left in the tank to play a pivotal role for his side if he got selected for the 50-over pinnacle event.

“I have played and enjoyed those 15-16 years of top-level cricket, playing with the greats. I am enjoying the IPL and I am looking forward to making a comeback by doing well. If I have to look at myself in the mirror, I will say: ‘Look, you have done what you …read more