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Harbhajan Singh is an Indian cricketer and India's most successful off spin bowler. He made his Test and One Day International debuts in early 1998, though his career only really took off in 2001, with leading leg spinner Anil Kumble missing through injury. In that year's series victory over Australia, Harbhajan took 32 wickets and became the first Indian bowler to take a hat trick in Test cricket.

A finger injury in mid 2003 sidelined him for much of the following year but Harbhajan reclaimed a regular position in the team upon his return in late 2004. He often found himself watching from the sidelines in Test matches outside the Indian subcontinent where only one spinner was used, but Harbhajan remains India's first-choice ODI spinner.