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Former Team India cricketer Harbhajan feels no one wants to be an off-spinner anymore

15 January,2026 08:56 AM IST |  Mumbai  |  Subodh Mayure

“People think that bowling off-spin is the easiest thing. But it’s an art where people are lacking. People need to understand that it requires a lot of hard work. If anyone could do it, we would have one lakh off-spinners. But today, no one wants to be one,” Harbhajan said. 

Harbhajan Singh. Pic/Shadab Khan


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India produced two great match-winning off-spinners in recent times, R Ashwin and Harbhajan Singh, who have claimed 765 and 711 international scalps respectively. However, Harbhajan feels that now currently "no one wants to be an off-spinner."

"People think that bowling off-spin is the easiest thing. But it's an art where people are lacking. People need to understand that it requires a lot of hard work. If anyone could do it, we would have one lakh off-spinners. But today, no one wants to be one," Harbhajan said.

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