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Harbhajan Singh set for 'doosra' innings, may contest on Congress ticket from Nakodar

Bhajji announced his retirement from all forms of cricket on Friday

PCC chief Navjot Singh Sidhu with cricketer Harbhajan Singh.

Tribune News Service

Jalandhar, December 24

As former India off-spinner Harbhajan Singh brings down the curtains on his 23-year career in cricket, political circles are abuzz that it could be the beginning of his next innings.

Reports are that Bhajji, famous for his 'doosra' delivery, may contest on the Congress ticket from Nakodar in Jalandhar district in the coming Assembly elections.

Also read: Harbhajan Singh announces retirement from cricket; says all good things come to an end

The news is doing the rounds ever since his recent meeting with PPCC chief Navjot Sidhu in Chandigarh.

Harbhajan Singh announced his retirement from all forms of cricket on Friday. The feisty 41-year-old made his international debut in 1998 and played 103 tests, 236 one-day internationals and 28 Twenty20 internationals, taking 711 wickets across the three formats and winning the 2011 ODI World Cup and the 2007 T20I World Cup.

He last played for India in a T20I in 2016, but has continued to play in the Indian Premier League, turning out for the Kolkata Knight Riders in three matches in the 2021 season.

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