Gilchrist doesn’t buy Bhajji’s claim

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Harbhajan Singh may consider Matthew Hayden one of the most disliked cricketers around, but retiring wicketkeeper-batsman Adam Gilchrist disagrees, calling his one-day opening partner “one of the most well-respected people in our team.”

Hayden had added fuel to an already explosive tour when he described Harbhajan as an “obnoxious little weed” and challenged young Indian paceman Ishant Sharma to a boxing bout in an interview to ‘Brisbane Radio’.

The Indian off-spinner replied by claiming Hayden was one of the most disliked players on the international cricket circuit.

“Who is Matthew Hayden? You only need to speak to international cricketers… to know in what opinion they hold Hayden,” Harbhajan had said.

Speaking ahead of tomorrow’s inconsequential tri-series match against Sri Lanka here, Gilchrist, however, sprung to the defence of his teammate.

“I’ve not ever cared to think what other teams think of Matthew Hayden. He’s one of the most well-respected people in our team, so that’s all that interests me. Everyone is over it a little bit now. I’m just trying to get on with the finals and play some cricket“

I think Australia fears the Indian batting line-up and the bowling attack, that’s the reason they are focusing more on mind-games rather than on-field sporty cricket. I will keep the readers updated as soon as NDTV 24×7 updates me. The news channel is available in the US only through DirecTV.

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