Harbhajan's Inclusion Strengthens KKR's Spin Department: Morgan

Morgan, who missed the last two ODIs against India on Friday and Sunday due to split webbing, said he should be fit for his KKR’s first match on April 11 against Sunrisers Hyderabad

NEW DELHI

The England white-ball captain and Kolkata Knight Riders skipper Eoin Morgan has said that the addition of veteran Indian off-spinner Harbhajan Singh will further bolster their spin-department in the upcoming season of the Indian Premier League.

KKR have added Harbhajan Singh at this season’s auction to a spin attack that already had Sunil Narine, Varun Chakravarthy, Kuldeep Yadav and Shakib Al Hasan.

Harbhajan, who has represented the likes of Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings in the past 13 years on the IPL, was picked by the Shah Rukh Khan co-owned Kolkata Knight Riders in the 2021 IPL auction at his base price of Rs 2 Crore.

“I think adding Harbhajan to our squad has strengthened our spin department. If you look at our spin department, on paper it is one of the best in the tournament and that is factual. We have to play in Chennai and it can turn there, it can raise the eyebrows of our spinners there. If we do well in the tournament, our spinners would have bowled well.” said Eoin Morgan as quoted by ANI.

Morgan, who missed the last two ODIs against India on Friday and Sunday due to split webbing, said he should be fit for his KKR’s first match on April 11 against Sunrisers Hyderabad.