Harbhajan Singh has played for two top Indian Premier League (IPL) franchises - Mumbai Indians (MI) and Chennai Super Kings (CSK).
The spinner, while being with MI said that playing against CSK is like rivalry shared by India and Pakistan.
The offspinner described the MI-CSK rivalry on par with the mother of all cricketing battles.
“First time, it was very strange. I was like ‘what is this? Is this a dream?’ Whenever we played against CSK, it was like India-Pakistan, it was a tough game. Then suddenly, I was not wearing blue and wearing yellow was difficult. It was very difficult to get used to,” he said during an interview with CSK on Instagram Wednesday.
“Luckily, we played our first match against Mumbai. I was like, ‘it was good we got over this match early’. Throughout the first season, it was difficult. After that, we won the trophy. The second season was better.”
Harbhajan represented four-time IPL winners MI between 2008 and 2017, before being acquired by three-time champions CSK in 2018.
The bowler revealed he found the experience of putting on a Yellow jersey different. In two seasons, Harbhajan has claimed 23 wickets for CSK in which they won in 2018 and finished runner-up last year to MI.
After a disappointing season in 2018 with just seven wickets from 13 games, Harbhajan roared back with 16 in 11 a year later.
“Winning the Indian Premier League with Chennai Super Kings in 2018 was a very special moment,” he said. “And last year, we finished runner-up. I think we played brilliant cricket. Obviously, after having played for 10 long years in Blue, moving to Yellow took some time, but by the end of the season we had won the title.”
