"the United Nations as a non-governmental organization in consultative status with the Economic and Social Council, representing women's issues, promoting human rights, and providing education about alternative systems of medicine. In spring of 1969, soon after Harbhajan Singh had begun teaching in Los Angeles, a hit medley ""Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In"" was topping the music charts and being played everywhere. The performers, The 5th Dimension, happened to be signed to a record label owned by one of his students (and his green card sponsor), musician and entrepreneur Johnny Rivers. Yogi Bhajan incorporated the storyline of the dawning new age into"
"World Cup-winning team of 2011 Cricket World Cup. He was conferred the Padma Shri, India's fourth highest civilian honour, in 2009. Harbajan Singh was born into a Sikh family. He is the only son of Sardar Sardev Singh Plaha, a businessman who owned a ball bearing and valve factory. Growing up with five sisters, Harbhajan was in line to inherit the family business, but his father insisted that he concentrate on his cricket career and represent India. Harbhajan was trained as a batsman by his first coach Charanjit Singh Bhullar, but converted to spin bowling after his coach's untimely death"
"life ban if he commits significant disciplinary breaches in the future. As a result, Harbhajan missed the tri-series in Bangladesh and the 2008 Asia Cup in Pakistan, and India went down in the final of both tournaments after qualifying first on both occasions. He would have been eligible for selection after the first two matches of the Asia Cup, but the selectors omitted him entirely. Harbhajan is an attacking-minded bowler who is regarded for his ball control and ability to vary his length and pace, although he is often criticised for his flat trajectory. His main wicket-taking ball climbs wickedly"
"as well as several disciplinary incidents. However, in 2001, with leading leg spinner Anil Kumble injured, Harbhajan's career was resuscitated after Indian captain Sourav Ganguly called for his inclusion in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy team. In that series victory over Australia, Harbhajan established himself as the team's leading spinner by taking 32 wickets, becoming the first Indian bowler to take a hat trick in Test cricket. He is also an Officer in the Punjab Police and has held the rank of a Superintendent of police (India), reporting to Punjab Police HQ at Barnala. A finger injury in mid-2003 sidelined him for"
"was afraid to toss the ball up, and was concentrating on bowling flat in a defensive run-saving style, Harbhajan was selected as the off spin bowler in the Indian squad for the 2007 Cricket World Cup, while Ramesh Powar, who had been more expensive but had taken more wickets in recent times, was omitted. A statistical study showed that since the start of 2006, Harbhajan has been the second most economical bowler in the final 10 overs of ODIs. During the 2007 Cricket World Cup, Harbhajan started as India's first-choice spinner and played in their first match against Bangladesh. He"
"the words that ""I believe one group is telling the truth"", implying that Tendulkar and Harbhajan were lying in their testimonies, and that the Australian contingent were telling the truth Australian spinner Brad Hogg was later charged with the same offense as Harbhajan for calling Indian captain Anil Kumble and vice-captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni ""bastards"", a highly offensive term in India, after the BCCI lodged a complaint. The term was not on a blacklist submitted by the Indians to match officials before the series, in line with ICC protocol. Hogg claimed that he did not mean to insult the Indians"
"the fourth leading wicket taker for India overall and his tournament bowling average was worse than those of Zaheer Khan, Ashish Nehra and Javagal Srinath. He finished the season with six wickets at 14.00 at 3.65 runs per over in three matches in an ODI tournament in Bangladesh, where he was fined for abusing an umpire. After experiencing pains in his spinning finger during the World Cup, Harbhajan was scheduled to undergo surgery in mid-2003 in Australia, but the surgery was delayed as he sought to play through the pain. He underwent physiotherapy in lieu of surgery and was declared"
"his action in May 2005, saying that the straightening of his elbow fell within the permitted limits. Among off spinners, Harbhajan is the second highest wicket-taker in Test history, behind Muttiah Muralitharan of Sri Lanka. He is the third-highest Test wicket-taker among all Indians. Harbhajan average with the ball in home Test matches hovers in the mid-20s. All five of his man of the match awards and both of his man of the series awards have been obtained in India. Outside India, his bowling average climbs to around 40. Statistically, his bowling in Test matches is most effective against the"
"much of the following year, allowing Kumble to regain his position as the first choice spinner in Tests and ODI's. Harbhajan reclaimed a regular position in the team upon his return in late 2004, but often found himself watching from the sidelines in Test matches outside the Indian subcontinent with typically only one spinner, Kumble, being used. Throughout 2006 and into early 2007, Harbhajan's accumulation of wickets fell and his bowling average increased, and he was increasingly criticised for bowling defensively with less loop. Following India's first-round elimination from the 2007 Cricket World Cup, Harbhajan was replaced by other spinners"
"Prithipal Singh Prithipal Singh (28 January 1932 – 20 May 1983) was an Indian field hockey player nicknamed the ""“King of short corner”"" by hockey commentators. He participated in the Olympic field hockey three times and each time he scored the highest number of goals as a single player. Singh was a player with sharp reflexes, and the tremendous strength in his long and powerful arms produced firmest and sticking shots which unfailingly fetched him goals and often the winners. The Evening Post, New Zealand commented in 1961 that to face the fury of Prithipal's hit is to risk one's"
"coach and footballer like Chander Prakash Saini who is popular in Haryana and is also kwown as Babbu Sarpanch. Babbu is a NIS patiala qualified football coach and referee.He was the first player from Gurgaon district to play Santosh trophy. He has played an important role in shaping and grooming of youth of the village into good sportsman.Both his son are also national level player and one of them is officer in Indian Army. Garhi is the Hindi word for fortress. Garhi Harsaru is named after Rajput Ruler Harsh Dev Singh Chauhan who was one of the 21 sons of"
"for the late 1999 home series against New Zealand, as India fielded a three-pronged spin attack on dusty tracks, taking six wickets at an average of 32.66 as the hosts prevailed 1–0 in the two Tests. With Kumble injured before the home series in March 2001 against the visiting Australians, Harbhajan, whose previous best Test figures were only 3/30, was the only capped spinner in the Indian team for the First Test. He had been recalled after captain Sourav Ganguly publicly called for his inclusion in the team. He was to lead the spin attack against an Australian team which"
"breaking Richard Hadlee's then standing record for the most Test wickets taken. Dev was a right-arm pace bowler noted for his graceful action and potent outswinger, and was India's main strike bowler for most of his career. He developed a fine inswinging yorker during the 1980s, which he used very effectively against tail-enders. As a batsman, he was a natural striker of the ball who could hook and drive effectively. A naturally aggressive player, he often helped India in difficult situations by taking the attack to the opposition. Nicknamed ""The Haryana Hurricane"", he represented the Haryana cricket team in domestic"
"first name as initial. In December 2017, Chennai Super Kings named Laxman Sivaramakrishnan Spin Bowling coach for 2018 Indian Premier League. In May 2013, Sivaramakrishnan was named as a players' representative on the International Cricket Council's cricket committee. In the ICC Champions Trophy 2017 he voiced his first commentary in the Tamil Language which was broadcast by Star Sports Tamil. Laxman Sivaramakrishnan Laxman Sivaramakrishnan (born 31 December 1965), popularly known as Siva and LS, is a former Indian cricketer. He was a right arm leg-spinner. Currently Sivaramakrishnan is a cricket commentator started his commentary career in a test match between"
"struck the winning runs. He was named man of the match and man of the series, having taken 32 wickets at 17.03 for the series, when none of his teammates managed more than three. The Wisden 100 study conducted by Wisden in 2002 rated all four of Harbhajan's efforts in the Second and Third Tests in the top 100 bowling performances of all time, the most for any bowler. He paid tribute to his father, who had died just six months earlier. His performance led to him usurping Anil Kumble's position as India's first-choice spinner. Harbhajan's Test success saw him"
"₹5,50,00,000, he went on to win the 2016 Indian Premier League. In January 2018, Royal Challengers Bangalore appointed Ashish Nehra as their bowling coach. Ashish Nehra Ashish Nehra ( ; born 29 April 1979) is a former Indian cricketer who played in all formats of the game. He is often nicknamed as ""'NehraJi'"" by his colleagues and fans. Nehra had a career troubled with injuries and fitness issues. In an interview, he revealed that he had gone under as many as 12 surgeries. Yuvraj Singh had even once joked about this and said ""Ashish Nehra is player who can get"
"former Indian hockey team captains Ajitpal Singh and Balbir Singh Sr., former Indian cricket captain Bishen Singh Bedi, Harbhajan Singh (India's most successful off spin cricket bowler), Navjot Singh Sidhu (former Indian cricketer turned politician). Bollywood actresses include Neetu Singh, Simran Judge, Poonam Dhillon, Mahi Gill, Esha Deol, Parminder Nagra, Gul Panag, Mona Singh, Namrata Singh Gujral and director Gurinder Chadha, Parminder Gill. Sikhs have migrated worldwide, with a variety of occupations. The Sikh Gurus preached ethnic and social harmony, and Sikhs comprise a number of ethnic groups. Those with over 1,000 members include the Ahluwalia, Arain, Arora, Bhatra, Bairagi,"
"Australians for reporting Harbhajan, despite being known for their sledging and despite a rumoured pre-series agreement not to refer to Symonds, Australia's only dark skinned player, using the word ""monkey"" as Indian cricket fans had done in their recent home series. Akram further attacked them by calling them the ""worst sledgers"" in the world and labeling them as ""cry babies"": Indian officials further went on to claim that because ""monkey"" was not a derogatory word in India it was acceptable. However, Rashid Latif, a former Pakistani cricketer who was accused of being a racist to Adam Gilchrist during the 2003"
"home series against Sri Lanka, Asia Cup in Bangladesh. He played only one match in the Asia Cup against UAE. He was also part of the T20 World Cup that took place in India but did not play any of the matches. Harbhajan was again excluded from the Indian squad for the 2017 Champions Trophy in England. After hearing of his exclusion, Harbhajan claimed he did not receive the same ""privileges"" other veteran cricketers, namely MS Dhoni, have been afforded by the national selectors. After the media pounced on this comment, Harbhajan claimed the media frenzy took his statement out"
"of cricket against ‘virtual legends’ like Wasim Akram and Shoaib Akhtar at a Mumbai suburban venue. Here, cricket greats 'virtually bowled' to players of the team. The entire team was in high spirits as Sunny decided to give them each a name, to go with their playing personalities. Popular star Rithvik Dhanjani was labelled 'Limited Edition’, Vishal Singh was called ‘The Trendsetter’, Rafi Malik ‘The Silent Killer’ and Vahbbiz Dorabajee was called ‘Miss Know It All’. Leone also spoke about the strengths of her team as well as her vision. Team members present includes Himmanshoo A. Malhotra, Rithvik Dhanjani, Vishal"
"and Ravichandran Ashwin, teammates of Jadeja in Chennai Super Kings, tweeted several ""Jadeja jokes"" on Twitter, in one of which Dhoni referred to him as ""Sri Sri Pandit Sir Lord Ravindra Jadeja"". In response, Jadeja said in April 2013 that it was a joke which everybody was enjoying, and that he had no problem with the prefix ""Sir"". Life OK Ravindra Jadeja Ravindrasinh Anirudhsinh Jadeja (born 6 December 1988), commonly known as Ravindra Jadeja, is an Indian international cricketer. He is an all-rounder, who plays as a left-handed middle-order batsman and slow left-arm orthodox bowler. He represents Saurashtra in first-class"
"Indian spin quartet The Indian spin quartet is the collective name given to the Indian spin bowlers of the 1960s and 1970s: Erapalli Prasanna and Srinivas Venkataraghavan (both off spinners), Bhagwat Chandrasekhar (a leg spinner), and Bishen Singh Bedi (a left-arm spinner). Between them, they played 231 Test matches, taking 853 wickets. They were one of the most deadly combinations in world cricket, especially on the dusty subcontinental pitches. The spin quartet was instrumental in producing many Indian Test victories. There was only one match in which all four of them were in the starting XI: usually one of the"
"no better bowler in the world today than Amar Singh."" Len Hutton said this out of experience as he had played against Singh during his years with Yorkshire. Amar Singh also had an elder brother, Ladha Ramji, an aggressive fast bowler, who played a test for India against England in Bombay. His nephew, VL Nakum, also played first class cricket. Singh died on the morning of 21 May 1940 from pneumonia at his residence in Jamnagar. Amar Singh Lodha was one of the amateurs of the Indian team. With his bowling partner Nissar, the two fast bowlers were the centre"
"went to play for Essex in England but is not selected for the Sri Lankan tour before the 2012 ICC World Twenty20. In his debut match for Essex against Gloucestershire, Harbhajan did not take any wicket on 12 July 2012, conceding 33 runs in his 12 overs. He was bought by Chennai Super Kings in 2018 after 10 years with Mumbai Indians. After taking eight wickets in his next two Ranji matches, Harbhajan was selected to tour Australia in 1999–2000, as the second spinner. He did not play in the Tests, with India opting to field only Anil Kumble in"
"balls, 15 fours) to help India reach 246. Harbhajan scored 70 from 74 balls (10 fours, 1 six). Following a few poor performances, Harbhajan was injured in India's tour of England in the summer/monsoon of 2011 and was ruled out of the rest of the series. Harbhajan was also not selected for the Australian tour and the 2012 Asia Cup in Bangladesh. He was, however, included in 30 probables for the World T20 tournament held in Sri Lanka in September 2012. He was recalled to the Test squad after a gap of more than a year against New Zealand at"
"also scored 69 runs at 34.50. This included a 40 in the first innings of the First Test to help India reach 241 after a top-order collapse, keeping India's deficit to 75; they went on to win the match. Harbhajan ended the year as the third-highest wicket-taker in the world, and the highest among Indian players. He was named by ""Wisden"" in their selection of the Test team of the year. Harbhajan then missed the ODI tour of Sri Lanka at the beginning of the year with a hamstring injury. He recovered in time to be recalled for the tour"
"Bhaichung Bhutia Bhaichung Bhutia (born 15 December 1976) is a retired Indian footballer who played as a striker. Bhutia is considered to be the torchbearer of Indian football in the international arena. He is often nicknamed the Sikkimese Sniper because of his shooting skills in football. Three-time Indian Player of the Year I. M. Vijayan described Bhutia as ""God's gift to Indian football"". Bhaichung Bhutia has an older brother named Chewang Bhutia. Chewang and Bhaichung both went to boarding school. Bhutia has had four spells at I-League football team East Bengal Club, the club where he started his career. When"
"Sandeep Singh Sandeep Singh (born 27 February 1986) is an Indian professional field hockey player from Haryana and an ex-captain of the Indian national team. He generally features as a full back and is a penalty corner specialist for the team. He was famous as ""Flicker Singh"" in media. Singh currently holds a DSP rank in the Haryana Police. Singh hails from Shahabad town in Kurukshetra, Haryana. He was educated at Shivalik Public School, Mohali. He was born to Gulcharan Singh Saini and Daljeet Saini. . His elder brother, Bikramjeet Singh, is also a field hockey player and plays for"
"bowler, as Murali Kartik became Kumble's spinning partner. Harbhajan returned to domestic action, taking 24 wickets in Punjab's remaining four first-class matches. He ended the Indian season with 46 first-class wickets at 26.23. In mid-2000 an opportunity arose when Harbhajan was selected in the first group of trainees sent to the National Cricket Academy to study under Erapalli Prasanna and Srinivas Venkataraghavan, two off spin bowlers from the Indian spin quartet of the 1970s. However, his behaviour did not conform to requirements, and he was expelled on disciplinary grounds. His sponsorship job with Indian Airlines was also reviewed as a"
"match. He is picked up by Sunrisers Hyderabad in the IPL 2014 auction for 30 lakhs. He got selected to play in the south zone team of Deodhar trophy 2014. He is married to actress Shivani Bhai.The family lives in chennai.The Couple have one son named Ishan Puthra P.Parameswaran Prasanth Parameswaran ""The Indian name Parameswaran is a patronymic, not a family name; thus, the person should be referred to by his given name, ""Prasanth"""". Prasanth Parameswaran(Malayalam: പ്രശാന്ത് പരമേശ്വരന്‍) (born 30 May 1985 in Kayippuram, Cherthala, Kerala, India) is a Kerala cricketer. He is a left-arm medium pace bowler and a"
"their match fees. In the historic 2000–01 tour of India, Harbhajan became the first Indian bowler to achieve a hat trick against Australia and also take two ten-wicket hauls against the Australians. Ponting made only 17 runs at 3.40 during the series, and was dismissed by Harbhajan on each of his five innings. During the 2007–08 particular tour, Harbhajan had claimed that he had the measure of Ponting, pointing to the fact that he has dismissed him six times in the last seven Tests. He claimed Ponting three times in the first four innings of the Australian tour. The hearing"
"his retirement in 1993, he coached the Indian national cricket team from 2000 to 2005 and New Zealand from 2010 to 2012. He typically opened for New Zealand, and was noted as a tenacious, rather than spectacular, batsman. His team nickname was ""shake""; reputedly a reflection on his packing technique. Together with Bruce Edgar of Wellington, he formed what was arguably New Zealand's most successful and reliable opening partnership. During a match against Australia in 1980, he became the second player in history to score an eight off one ball in a Test, running four and collecting four overthrows. Toward"
"result of his indiscipline. Harbhajan later admitted that he had been at fault earlier in his career. Following his run-ins with Indian cricket administrators, there was nothing to indicate that Harbhajan's chances of national selection had improved at the start of 2000–01. Despite Kumble being injured, Harbhajan was again overlooked as Kartik, Sunil Joshi, and debutant Sarandeep Singh were entrusted with the spin bowling duties in Test matches against Bangladesh and Zimbabwe on the subcontinent. During the first half of the season, still in international exile, Harbhajan continued to pick up wickets on the domestic circuit. In five Ranji Trophy"