<div class="section1"><div class="Normal"><script language="javascript">var server = '203.197.64.235'; var sitepage = "www.timesofindia.com/india/index.html"; var position ="Bottom1"; if (! (RN)) { var RN = new String (Math.random()); var RNS = RN.substring (2, 11); } var oas='http://' + server + '/RealMedia/ads/'; var oaspage= sitepage + '/1' + RNS + '@' + position; //the belladpart starts here function lrTrim(thestring) { thestring = thestring.replace(/^\s*(.*)/, "$1"); thestring = thestring.replace(/(.*?)\s*$/, "$1"); return thestring; } var xyz=0; var sss = lrTrim(bellyad.innerText).split(/^/m); strpart = new Array(sss.length); for (i=0;i<sss.length;i++) iflrtrimsssi.length=""> 60) { strpart[xyz] = lrTrim(sss[i]); xyz = xyz+1; } } if(xyz > 1) var xcounter=1; else var xcounter=0; var ifirstsub = bellyad.innerHTML.indexOf(lrTrim(strpart[xcounter]).substring(0,30)); if (ifirstsub == -1) ifirstsub=bellyad.innerHTML.lastIndexOf(lrTrim(strpart[0]).substring(strpart[0].length-15,strpart[0].length)); var sfirst = bellyad.innerHTML.substring(0,ifirstsub); var sSecond = bellyad.innerHTML.substring(sfirst.length , bellyad.innerHTML.length); if (doweshowbellyad==1) bellyad.innerHTML = sfirst + '<a href="' + oas + 'click_nx.ads/'+ oaspage + '" target="_top"><img align="right" vspace="10" hspace="10" src="' + oas + 'adstream_nx.ads/' + oaspage + '" border="0" alt="Cliquez ici !" /></a>' + sSecond;</sss.length;i++)></script></div> <div align="center" style="position:relative; left: -2"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" align="center" border="0" width="70.3%"> <colgroup> <col width="100.0%" /> </colgroup> <tr valign="top"> <td width="100.0%" colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="" valign:="" top="" background-color:="" f3f3f3=""> <div class="Normal" style="" text-align:="" center=""><img src="/photo/850719.cms" alt="/photo/850719.cms" border="0" /></div> </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td width="100.0%" colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="" valign:="" top="" background-color:="" f3f3f3=""> <div class="Normal" style="" text-align:="" center=""><span style="" font-size:="" font-weight:="" bold="">The promise of doom! Bhajji has showed that he has the weaponry to make the Champions Cup his tournament!</span></div> </td> </tr> </table></div> <div class="Normal"><br /><br />Promising further mayhem in ICC trophy, Harbhajan Singh has indicated there is lots more that batsmen have to fear from him.<br /><br />Bhajji has already run amok in England this summer.
He has capped his return from injury with sterling performances against first England in the NatWest series and thereafter in the lone ICC Champions Trophy match India has played so far.<br /><br /><br /></div> </div><div class="section2"><div class="Normal"><br />He claimed three for 33 against Kenya on Saturday night. And he has gone on to claim a total of eight wickets in the three games he has played in England - five from two matches against England in the NatWest series and now the three against Kenya.<br /><br />His five wickets against England came at a phenomenal average of 8.40 runs per scalp and an economy rate of 2.10.<br /><br />And going by all the noises that the bowler is making, opposition batsmen are in for some strife in the rest of the tournament, beginning with Pakistan next-up in the do-or-die encounter that will send just one team to the semi-final stage.<br /><br />And, he has made this wonderful return to Team India without even using the ''magic ball'' that he promised to unleash on his comeback trail, saying he was saving it up for the Aussie Test series in India later in the year!<br /><br />Considering that Bhajji''s place in the squad was up for grabs before his injury, with the bowler having to compete with Anil Kumble to be included in the squad, this has been a return to form that reminds one of his wonderful performances against the rampaging Australians in 2001. <br /><br />Not only has he used the injury period for a little R&R (opening salons and walking the ramp) but also put in a lot of hard work in the nets to alter his style to give his deliveries the sharpness and surprise that too much cricket had robbed him off.<br /><br />It also has taught him to check the conditions first before starting his bowling. Since the English pitches are usually murder on the spinners, Bhajji is varying his pace ball by ball in order to flummox the batsmen. And he has done this time and again making for an ideal summer for him.<br /><br />But, what of Pakistan? They are past masters at playing spin and Bhajji will need all his guile to make an impression on them. Especially, after coach Bob Woolmer has instilled some discipline into the players.<br /><br />Will the variable Bhajji pace and his aggressive intent (that he is usually not chary in conveying to the batsmen) pay off?<br /><br />Considering that the India-Pak ties are more of a psychological thing the benefit will go Bhajji''s way as he has shown he is a cool customer in pressure situations. Also, going for him will be the fact that the Pakistani''s have not faced Bhajji in 2004 at all. The element of surprise and his newly developed weaponry will make things really difficult for the Pakistanis. <br /><br />Magic ball or not, the Turbanator''s wizardry with the ball holds a lot of promise in terminating opposition''s challenge at the Champions Cup. <br /><br /></div> </div>
