<p>“The media creates a sensation, saying Bhajji is doing this, he is doing that,” he said. “I have got my own people who are always there for me. Anil Kumble is the one who called me and told me there was nothing wrong with me. It is just that you guys are creating sensational stories.<br /><br />“Anil bhai told me to be the way I am. He said, you have taken 300-plus wicket and it doesn’t come by fluke. You know what you can do, I have played so much with you,” Harbhajan said as he recalled his conversation with his former spinning partner. “He told me I had to stay confident and it would be just a matter of time before I started to get wickets. He was pretty much right. I would like to say a big thanks to him for the advice and for his tips on field placement for particular batsmen like Jacques Kallis Thank you, Anil bhai, for helping me out.”<br /><br />After picking up Morne Morkel to end a tense Test match, Harbhajan set off on a celebratory run in the direction of a press box, his actions making it clear that he had an axe to grind. “I have been hearing a lot of things from them (the media) but today, they were at the receiving end,” he said by way of explanation. “They should be getting that kind of treatment because they should know what to play on national television and what not to play.<br /><br />“We play for our country with a lot of passion. It disappoints all the players to see what characters they make out of us. If I don’t do well on the ground, they will show us as Three Idiots with Harbhajan as one of the idiots and MS Dhoni as another. That is not right. I know it sounds funny, but it is not. It is a shame. But if that is the way you want to sell your programme, we are not worried about that. I was there for a bigger purpose, I was playing for my country, which means more than anything else for me. I won a game for my country and that is a special feeling.”</p>
<p>“The media creates a sensation, saying Bhajji is doing this, he is doing that,” he said. “I have got my own people who are always there for me. Anil Kumble is the one who called me and told me there was nothing wrong with me. It is just that you guys are creating sensational stories.<br /><br />“Anil bhai told me to be the way I am. He said, you have taken 300-plus wicket and it doesn’t come by fluke. You know what you can do, I have played so much with you,” Harbhajan said as he recalled his conversation with his former spinning partner. “He told me I had to stay confident and it would be just a matter of time before I started to get wickets. He was pretty much right. I would like to say a big thanks to him for the advice and for his tips on field placement for particular batsmen like Jacques Kallis Thank you, Anil bhai, for helping me out.”<br /><br />After picking up Morne Morkel to end a tense Test match, Harbhajan set off on a celebratory run in the direction of a press box, his actions making it clear that he had an axe to grind. “I have been hearing a lot of things from them (the media) but today, they were at the receiving end,” he said by way of explanation. “They should be getting that kind of treatment because they should know what to play on national television and what not to play.<br /><br />“We play for our country with a lot of passion. It disappoints all the players to see what characters they make out of us. If I don’t do well on the ground, they will show us as Three Idiots with Harbhajan as one of the idiots and MS Dhoni as another. That is not right. I know it sounds funny, but it is not. It is a shame. But if that is the way you want to sell your programme, we are not worried about that. I was there for a bigger purpose, I was playing for my country, which means more than anything else for me. I won a game for my country and that is a special feeling.”</p>
