1983 win will inspire us : Harbhajan

As the country prepares to host its third cricket World Cup,leading spinner Harbhajan Singh has declared India ready for the challenge.

As the country prepares to host its third cricket World Cup,leading spinner Harbhajan Singh has declared India ready for the challenge. Its great to have a lot of options in the team, Harbhajan said.

Weve got a leg spinner in Piyush (Chawla) hes been great in the IPL and Ashwin brings another variation to the bowling attack. We have great seamers and we have got the batting. We can chase any kind of a target and Im sure if we stay focused and we work on our process,we will definitely do well.

The off-spinner went even further,declaring Indias opening batsmen could take the game away from opposition teams if they can stay at the crease. (Sachin and Sehwag) are two outstanding players and I hope they will click. If they play the first 15 overs then the other teams will definitely be in danger.

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While India may be short price favourites to break a 27-year World Cup drought,the team are not getting ahead of themselves,taking inspiration from the 1983 triumph. Kapil paaji (Dev) lifting the Cup was something that whenever I see that,I get goose bumps, Harbhajan said. Holding the trophy and winning the World Cup will be a special thing and hopefully well play well and well give ourselves a good chance to win the Cup.

However,the World Cup is not the only taking point in world cricket with the eagerly anticipated fourth installment of the IPL starting only six days after the final. One of the biggest talking points coming out of the recent IPL auction was the Mumbai Indians retaining Harbhajan and purchasing Andrew Symonds,putting two of the cricketing worlds biggest foes in the same dressing room.

Asked about Symonds and his battle with the bottle that ended his international career,Harbhajan said: I dont really want to comment on anybodys personal life. All I can say is,all the best to him and together we can hopefully do wonders for the Mumbai Indians. Hopefully we will be able to lift the Cup together, he said.

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