{"id":481502,"date":"2026-02-15T11:32:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-15T11:32:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/481502\/"},"modified":"2026-02-15T11:32:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-15T11:32:08","slug":"ind-vs-pak-its-wrong-harbhajan-singh-blasts-ex-pakistan-pacer-mohammad-amir-for-his-abhishek-sharma-remarks-cricket-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/481502\/","title":{"rendered":"IND vs PAK: &#8216;It&#8217;s wrong&#8217; &#8211; Harbhajan Singh blasts Ex-Pakistan pacer Mohammad Amir for his Abhishek Sharma remarks | Cricket News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/harbhajan-singh-blasts-mohammad-amir.jpg\" alt=\"IND vs PAK: 'It's wrong' - Harbhajan Singh blasts Ex-Pakistan pacer Mohammad Amir for his Abhishek Sharma remarks\" title=\"Harbhajan Singh blasts Mohammad Amir \" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/>Harbhajan Singh blasts Mohammad Amir  NEW DELHI: Former India cricketer <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/harbhajan-singh\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Harbhajan Singh<\/a> has come out in support of young Indian batter <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/abhishek-sharma\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Abhishek Sharma<\/a> after former Pakistan pacer <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/mohammad-amir\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mohammad Amir<\/a> called him a \u201cslogger\u201d ahead of the big India vs Pakistan match in the T20 World Cup 2026. Harbhajan strongly disagreed with Amir\u2019s comment and said Abhishek is a proper and skilled batsman, not someone who just blindly hits the ball.  <\/p>\n<p>Abhishek Sharma is back and India to unravel a mystery slinger<\/p>\n<p> Amir had earlier made the remark while speaking on a Pakistani TV show, which sparked debate ahead of the high-voltage clash.Also See: <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/cricket\/india-vs-pakistan-live-score-today-icc-t20-world-cup-2026-match-ind-vs-pak-live-scorecard-updates-abhishek-sharma-suryakumar-yadav\/liveblog\/128377325.cms\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">IND vs PAK Live Score T20 World Cup 2026<\/a> Reacting to it, Harbhajan praised Abhishek\u2019s batting ability and consistency. He said, &#8220;Abhishek Sharma is a quality player, and he is a player who is determined to win matches on his own. And not once, but he can do it again and again. I have played cricket, and I know that he is a proper batter who has all the shots; a lot of batsmen don&#8217;t have all the shots. A slogger is someone who only sees the ball and slogs; if it connects, great, and if it doesn&#8217;t, that&#8217;s fine too. He is not like that. He hits the first ball. And as long as he is on the crease, he keeps hitting. So, he is a proper batsman.&#8221;Harbhajan also said it is unfair for critics who have never bowled to Abhishek to judge him. He added, &#8220;People may say whatever they want. Because, in my opinion, I don&#8217;t think they have ever bowled in front of such a batter, and hence, it is wrong to comment that Abhishek is a slogger.&#8221;He urged Abhishek to prove his talent on the field, saying, &#8220;If I tell you the definition of a slogger, then a lot of people will get angry. So, I don&#8217;t want to say that. Because we don&#8217;t operate on that level, that they say something and we react again and again. I don&#8217;t want to do that. Because maybe he wants us to react. &#8220;But, anyway, I&#8217;ll say, Abhishek, show us tomorrow what you showed us before. And show us, what Abhishek can do. And I have a lot of hope from Abhishek. And if he plays for a long time, then Team India will set a very long score.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Harbhajan Singh blasts Mohammad Amir NEW DELHI: Former India cricketer Harbhajan Singh has come out in support of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":481503,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[564],"tags":[88402,64,63,740,206037,1950,244297,75206,7871,244295,113730,244296,85,221724],"class_list":{"0":"post-481502","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cricket","8":"tag-abhishek-sharma","9":"tag-au","10":"tag-australia","11":"tag-cricket","12":"tag-cricket-commentary","13":"tag-cricket-news","14":"tag-former-indian-cricketer","15":"tag-harbhajan-singh","16":"tag-india-vs-pakistan-cricket","17":"tag-indian-batter","18":"tag-mohammad-amir","19":"tag-pakistan-pacer","20":"tag-sports","21":"tag-t20-world-cup-2026"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/481502","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=481502"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/481502\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/481503"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=481502"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=481502"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=481502"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}