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Gilchrist and Harbhajan engage in war of words over 2001 hat-trick

Mumbai: Harbhajan Singh on Wednesday took on former Australia wicket-keeper Adam Gilchrist, asking him to “stop crying” over his dismissal during the off-spinner’s famous hat-trick at Eden Gardens in the historic Kolkata Test in 2001.

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Harbhajan became the first Indian to take a Test hat-trick as he took the wickets of Ricky Ponting, Gilchrist and Shane Warne to finish with figures of 7/123. He starred in India’s epic 171-run win by taking another six wickets in the second essay.

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Gilchrist was the second man to be dismissed leg before wicket, but replays showed the ball was hitting his bat first.

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There was no Desicion Review System (DRS) during those days and Gilchrist, regarded as one of the deadliest strokemakers to have played the game, tweeted: “No DRS on top of the video of Harbhajan’s hat-trick.” He also added a sad emoticon.

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In reply, Harbhajan said: “U think u would have survived for long if not first ball? Stop crying over these things mate..thought u would talk sense after ur playing days.. but few things never change u r the prime example of that. Always crying (sic),” the 39-year old World Cup winner tweeted.

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