'I think whenever I take responsibility I do well'
George Binoy
25-Feb-2013
AFP
"When they [Australia] came over, they were not sure about their game plan. They were not the same kind of Australian team that we have seen before, in 2001 and 2004. They were a very beatable side this time. They have always been a beatable side - it is just that they keep on coming back - but this time they never came back, because they did not have the quality of Shane Warne and Glenn McGrath in their bowling attack," Harbhajan Singh told Harish Kotian during an interview on Rediff.
Sourav [Ganguly] was probably the closest captain I have worked with. I have played a lot of cricket under him and he was always open to ideas and gave me the fields I wanted. He gave me the confidence that I will be there in the team and that I should just keep bowling well and taking wickets. He was always there for the youngsters. He backed me when I was nowhere, not even in the team. He brought me back in the team against Australia [in 2001] which proved to be the second coming for me as I took 32 wickets in the series. I will never forget whatever he has done for me. He has been a great supporter and a great friend. He is somebody whom I can look up to and say that you have changed my life.
George Binoy is an assistant editor at ESPNcricinfo