Harbhajan Singh believes Jasprit Bumrah will forever remain indebted to Virat Kohli's "gut feeling", which got him hat-trick, just like he is grateful to Sagopan Ramesh for an incredible catch at forward short-leg 18 summers ago. Harbhajan, India's first-ever hat-trick man in Test cricket, lauded Bumrah, who became only third (Irfan Pathan was second) from country to achieve milestone in longest format. In 2001, Harbhajan's hat-trick against mighty Australians (Ricky Ponting, am Gilchrist and Shane Warne) set tone for series. On Saturday, Bumrah got Darren Bravo, Samarah Brooks and Roston Chase. "This hat-trick belongs to Virat as much as it belongs to Bumrah. bowler wasn't convinced but skipper h a gut feeling. What if Virat wouldn't have gone for that DRS? It was a brilliant call by skipper which complemented his magnificent effort," Harbhajan told PTI on Sunday.

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Harbhajan Singh feels indebted to Ramesh

Turbanator still feels that without Ramesh's flash of brilliance, he wouldn't have been able to create history. "I remember that I discussed with Da (Sourav Ganguly) and we decided to keep it on stumps and try for a third leg before but Warne flicked it. w to be honest, Ramesh wasn't most athletic of guys in that team. Yet at forward short-leg, he pulled off that stunner with a less than split-second reaction time. Whenever I have later met Ramesh, I told him, 'buddy my hat-trick belongs to you'," Harbhajan fondly recollected. That's why I believe that some things happen that come toger and such a beautiful thing happens. It was Ramesh's brilliance n and it's Virat's conviction w," said owner of 711 international wickets. most endearing thing, according to Harbhajan, was Rahul Dravid's celebration. "I have never seen Rahul so excited, jumping with joy. Perhaps, he also didn't believe Ramesh can pull off such a catch," he said.

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Jasprit Bumrah a blessing for India, says Harbhajan Singh 

For Harbhajan, Bumrah is biggest blessing that Indian cricket could have h. "Indian cricket is blessed to have a match-winner like Bumrah. This hat-trick will only help his legend grow but even without that, he is an incredible performer. I mean 5 wickets in 7 overs in last game and 6 wickets in 9 overs in this game. You can't ask for more. He is a rare diamond," said Harbhajan. What makes it more credible is that hat-trick has come in a Test match. "A hat-trick is always a praiseworthy feat but if it happens in Test cricket, it's all more credible," he felt. "In ODIs, you are always in with a chance in death overs -- say from 47th to 50th when batsmen are attacking. If y attack you will always fancy your chances of a bowled or a catch in deep," he explained. "But in Test matches, it is a different ball game. batsmen are t always attacking. defence will be tighter and ir skill comes into play. Look at Bumrah's deliveries. length and how it was tailing in. That's pure skills," he said. Harbhajan is t liking people raising questions about quality of West Indies batting. "Obviously Sir Viv (Vivian Richards) and (Brian) Lara won't be playing on forever. y are playing ir best Test team, same outfit that beat England this year. And for Bumrah, he is best fast bowler in world cricket at moment," Harbhajan concluded.

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