Harbhajan wants to start afresh

 

New Delhi: Indian spinner Harbhajan Singh, says he is sick of all the bad-boy crap and wants to focus only on his bowling and not his behaviour in the upcoming home Test series against Australia which begins on October 9.

"Yes, I'm sick of all the bad-boy crap," he said on Friday ahead of the four-Test series.

"I've no interest in hearing about how controversies follow me wherever I go," he said. "I'm going to stay away from all that."

Harbhajan, who is India’s second most successful Test spinner, is nine short of taking 300 test wickets.

He said Ricky Ponting, returning after wrist surgery, posed a big challenge, despite his poor record in India.

"I'm keeping my fingers crossed that (Ponting) will struggle some more and keep his record (in India) intact. Otherwise, he is such a strong player that if he gets going, he just keeps going."

Ponting, has never enjoyed touring India. In 8 Test matches in India, he averages a dismal 12.29.