New Delhi: Mumbai Indians off-spinner Harbhajan Singh has said that the toughest challenge for him is to bowl to an unknown batsmen in Twenty20 cricket as not many are aware about their nature of play. "It is the toughest to bowl against batsmen who you do not have an idea about.
You do not know their style of play and what kind of strokes they play to score their runs, hence it is challenging," Harbhajan said. "Whatever videos I get to see of such batsmen, I try to analyse that part of it and bowl my best balls to them when I face them," he said. Even though Rajasthan Royals scored a formidable 179 for three against Mumbai last night, Harbhajan bowled an economical spell, giving away just 26 runs from his four overs and picked up a wicket.
"I try to keep things as simple as possible. I take the game one step at a time. I always feel I have to bowl according to the situation of the team. I back myself whether I am bowling up front or bowling in the middle of the innings or bowling at the death," the off-spinner told iplt20.com after the match. Harbhajan said he backs himself to pick wickets on batting friendly pitches despite going for runs.
"Bowling in T20s has always been a challenge. Since we are playing in India, it is even more difficult where the pitches are batting friendly and the boundaries are quite
02:23 PM, Apr 18, 2013
Jaipur: Rajasthan Royals wicketkeeper Dishant Yagnik on Tuesday said his team will be banking heavily on its medium pacers when it take on the heavyweights Mumbai Indians in the IPL match on Wednesday. "Undoubtedly they (MI) are a very good team. Along with Chennai Super Kings and Royal Challengers Bangalore, Mumbai Indians too are very strong. But we are confident that we can get the better of them," said Yagnik...
09:40 PM, Apr 16, 2013
The home team reduced Hyderabad to 160 for 5 at stumps after compiling 384 in their first innings. ... 
Rajasthan's wicketkeeper-batsman has proven to his critics that he can play the first-class format, as again witnessed by his 76 against Mumbai. ... 
