Former Indian opening batter Virender Sehwag has hilariously trolled his former long-time India teammate Harbhajan Singh after Harbhajan backed Punjab-based Arshdeep Singh to become the superstar in the next five years during an interaction on Star Sports. Arshdeep, who plays for Punjab Kings in the IPL, made his debut for India against England last year, and in his first year of international cricket, he impressed everyone with his bowling. The 24-year-old pacer was included in the 2022 T20 World Cup squad as well and played in all six matches.
So far, Arshdeep has played a total of 26 T20Is for India, in which he has picked up a total of 41 wickets. He is among the brightest talents in world cricket. And recently during a Star Sports show, when Harbhajan was asked about the bowler who will make it big in the next five years, he picked Arshdeep and said, “Mere liye Arshdeep. Arshdeep mujhe lagta hai ki… aaj ka Arshdeep aur agle 5 saalo mein, aur better hoga (For me Arshdeep. I think the Arshdeep of today will get even better in the next five years).”
And as Harbhajan was saying high words of praise for Arshdeep, Sehwag hilariously trolled him by saying, “Punjab k alawa bhi players hain (There are players apart from Punjab as well).” To which Harbhajan gave an apt response and said, “Ni Punjab ke alawa bhi hai pr pratibha ki baat ho rahi hai to vo to mujhe wahi dikh rahi hai (There are others as well apart from Punjab, but here we are talking about talent, and I can see that there only).”
Former Indian all-rounder Irfan Pathan was also part of the discussion, and he picked young Indian spinner Ravi Bishnoi as a bowler to watch out for in the future.
“Spinner ka naam jo yuva hai. Ravi Bishnoi. Underrated naam hai, lekin unpar main jarur dhyan rakhunga ki agle 5 saal vo kya karte hai. Thode alag se spinner hai vo (A spinner who is young? Ravi Bishnoi. He is an underrated name but I will keep a watch on him. He is a slightly different kind of spinner),” Pathan said.
Like Arshdeep, Bishnoi has also played limited-overs cricket for India. The 22-year-old has featured in one ODI and 10 T20Is, in which he has picked up a total of 1 and 16 wickets, respectively.
