'Tendulkar saab gaye': Harbhajan Singh Emphasizes No Player Is Irreplaceable, Not Even Virat Kohli

history of Indian cricket is filled with stalwarts who came as youngsters with aspirations and left as heavyweights of game. From Kapil Dev, Sachin Tendulkar, and Rahul Dravid to Virat Kohli , Team India has always been blessed to have found generational talents at right time. However, despite emerging as undisputed rulers of game and setting high standards of consistency, y also endured a period where ir peak ended and performance plummeted. Stressing about same, Harbhajan Singh has conveyed that every player reaches a point where y have to leave sphere for younger generation to come and take over.

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Harbhajan Singh Highlights Fact That Player Is Irreplaceable

It's a ory that some players are irreplaceable Harbhajan has witnessed a transition in Indian cricket between 2011-2013 when stalwarts like Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, VVS Laxman retired with Virender Sehwag, Zaheer Khan, current coach Gautam Gambhir and him being phased out.

"Look is a factor for some in this team but n Virat and Jdu are extremely fit guys. Yes, , fitness and form are criteria but questions crop up once you start losing. onus obviously comes on seniors in team. It happened in that phase," he recalled.

But he absolutely detests ory that certain players can't be replaced.

"Kaun kehta hai bharpai naahi hoti. Bharpai bilkul hoti hai. Gavaskar saab gaye, Tendulkar saab aaye, Tendulkar saab gaye, humein Kohli mila aur bhavishya mein bhi aisa hoga. (Who says you can't get replacements? You got replacements in past and you will get in future). game will move on and we will get replacements." Are re eugh talents in domestic cricket? "Of course re's talent in domestic cricket. How did you get Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma and w Sarfaraz Khan. It is from domestic cricket only. It is about getting right opportunities at right time.

"If you get chance at right time, you can become Virat Kohli or else you could be Amol Mujumdar or Amarjeet Kaypee," said man with 700 international wickets.

"It took Virat 15 years to become what he has become. So you need to look at talent and may be have an idea that, yes, this boy, if persisted with, can become a match-winner for a dece.

"When we were playing, we heard that Rohit is an ermous talent. How did people kw? Because of domestic cricket, and even after first few years of inconsistency, system backed him. So we will get replacements." But does he see transition happening? "t immediately, as you have a big Australia series and WTC final at stake. But yes, this Australia series will be a make or break for many in team," he concluded.