{"id":10265,"date":"2012-09-24T04:58:10","date_gmt":"2012-09-24T04:58:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=10265"},"modified":"2012-09-24T04:58:10","modified_gmt":"2012-09-24T04:58:10","slug":"this-man-of-the-match-award-is-for-my-mom-harbhajan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=10265","title":{"rendered":"This MOM award is for my mom: Harbhajan Singh"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-4298\" src=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/bhajji.jpg\" alt=\"This man-of-the-match award is for my mom: Harbhajan\" style=\"margin: 6px; float: left;\" width=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/bhajji.jpg 250w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/bhajji-150x94.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/>Colombo<\/strong>: Harbhajan Singh, who made an astonishing comeback with 4 for 12 against England in the last group-stage match of the T20 World Cup and won the man-of-the-Match award, dedicated his award to his mother, saying the MOM award was for his mom and all those people who stood by him during his bad days when he was out of the team.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI dedicate this ward to my mom and all my family and friends who were with me during my struggling days in the last one year,\u201d said Harbhajan.<\/p>\n<p>Harbhajan said that it had been a tough last one-year for him and making such an impact on the game in his first match after such long hiatus was possible only because the Almighty and the well wishes of his family and friends who stood by him in his struggling days.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt&#8217;s been a hard year. Being out of the side for so long was really tough. Wearing the blue colour and playing for India is everything to me. I don\u2019t know what I would do if not playing for India. During the last one year I was out first because of injury and then was dropped. In the meantime, other boys were doing really well. So it was really difficult for me to make a comeback. For me it was an important game. Getting a wicket first or second ball gives you a lot of confidence,\u201d said Harbhajan, adding that the man-of-the-match award was for his mom and those who have stuck with him in his bad days.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn T20 cricket, it&#8217;s important to just read the game. I have tried to cut down my run-up a bit. I was running in too fast and struggling to find my areas. So I was consciously coming in of a short run. This India shirt is everything for me,\u201d said Harbhajan.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni was in all praise for his boys and said that it was an efficient performance from all quarters. \u201cIt was an efficient performance. People might say we were slow for the first 15, but we were not over-aiming. We had five bowlers, we knew that,\u201d said Dhoni, adding that selecting the team was difficult.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe requested the seniors to rest so that we could pick the best XI. And we opened with Irfan because he is a gutsy player. He may not look pretty on the crease, but he responds to the call. Now we have got a problem of plenty with both the spinners doing well today. About Rohit, it is important if guys are responding to give them a few extra games. Yes, we have got difficult decisions to make. Not to forget that the players who missed out today have won a lot of games for India on their own,&#8221; said Dhoni, mentioning that the team for games ahead will be selected on the basis of the conditions and oppositions.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, England captain Stuart Broad said that it was a poor performance on his team\u2019s part. \u201cYeah it was poor. We were okay with India scoring 171, but India bowled really well. We weren&#8217;t as efficient. We played across the line too much,\u201d said Broad.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>By Indian Sports News Network<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-4298\" src=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/bhajji.jpg\" alt=\"This man-of-the-match award is for my mom: Harbhajan\" style=\"margin: 6px; float: left;\" width=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/bhajji.jpg 250w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/bhajji-150x94.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/>Colombo<\/strong>: Harbhajan Singh, who made an astonishing comeback with 4 for 12 against England in the last group-stage match of the T20 World Cup and won the man-of-the-Match award, dedicated his award to his mother, saying the MOM award was for his mom and all those people who stood by him during his bad days when he was out of the team.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI dedicate this ward to my mom and all my family and friends who were with me during my struggling days in the last one year,\u201d said Harbhajan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4298,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[876,466,2274],"class_list":["post-10265","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket-cricket","tag-harbhajan-singh","tag-indian-sports-news","tag-t20-world-cup"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>This MOM award is for my mom: Harbhajan Singh - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; 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