Harbhajan Singh is back in the Indian Test team: Here’s how Twitter reacted to the return of the ‘Turbanator’

Source: IANS
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Yep, you heard it right. In one of the unlikeliest and unexpected of recalls, off-spinner Harbhajan Singh has made a comeback to the Indian Test team for the upcoming Bangladesh tour.

Here are the Test and ODI teams for the tour that kicks off next month.

BCCI reportedly picked Harbhajan in place of Ravindra Jadeja after taking into consideration the number of left-handers in the Bangladesh squad.

While the tour only features one Test, this nevertheless marks an important moment in the Turbanator’s career.

Despite being part of India’s World Cup-winning squad in 2011, Harbhajan has struggled to keep his place in the national team since then. His last ODI came in June 2011 and he hasn’t featured in the Test team since 2013.

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His selection has coincided with Mumbai Indians’ impressive campaign in the ongoing IPL as well as the beginning of BCCI’s post-Srinivasan era under Jagmohan Dalmiya.

Irrespective of which of these events you attribute his selection to, Bhajji’s return will certainly light up the faces of those who were upset by his exclusion from India’s 2015 WC squad.

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Twitter was quick to welcome the offie back in the Test fold.