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Harbhajan Singh
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Indian cricketer and politician
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Harbhajan Singh is an Indian cricketer, politician, and actor born on July 3, 1980, in Jalandhar. He speaks Punjabi, which is also his native language. As a cricketer, he has played for the India national cricket team, Surrey County Cricket Club, Mumbai Indians, and Chennai Super Kings. He participated in the 1998 Commonwealth Games. His wife is Geeta Basra.
In politics, Singh is a member of the Aam Aadmi Party and holds the position of member of Rajya Sabha. He received the Arjuna Award. He has over 11 million social media followers. While other individuals share the name Harbhajan Singh, including a Punjabi author born in 1920 who died in 2002, the facts provided specifically describe the cricketer and politician.
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Film & TV
Known for
- The Great Indian Kapil Show — Self2024
- Friendship2021
- Dikkiloona — Sardev Singh2021
- Breakfast with Champions2017
- Yaaron Ki Baraat — Self2016
- The Kapil Sharma Show — Self2016
- Comedy Nights with Kapil — Self2013
- 10 Ka Dum — Himself2008
- Ek Khiladi Ek Haseena — Self2008
- Mujhse Shaadi Karogi — Special Appearance2004
via TMDB
Key facts
- 2012
- Essex
- 2021
- Kolkata Knight Riders (squad no. 27)
- Preceded by
- Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa
- Constituency
- Punjab
- Born
- ( 1980-07-03 ) 3 July 1980 (age 45) , Jalandhar , Punjab , India
- Party
- Bharatiya Janata Party (since 2026)
- Other political affiliations
- Aam Aadmi Party (2022–2026)
- Spouse
- Geeta Basra ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 29 October 2015</span>"}]]}'>2015 )
- Occupation
- Cricketer commentator actor politician
- Batting
- Right-handed
- Bowling
- Right-arm off-spin
- Role
- Bowler
- National side
- India (1998–2016)
- Test debut cap 220
- 25 March 1998 v Australia
- Last test
- 12 August 2015 v Sri Lanka
- Odi debut cap 113
- 17 April 1998 v New Zealand
- Last odi
- 25 October 2015 v South Africa
- T20i debut cap 3
- 1 December 2006 v South Africa
via Wikipedia infobox
Sports profile
- Sport
- Cricket
- Team
- Chennai Super Kings
- Position
- Bowler
- Nationality
- India
via TheSportsDB
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Singh
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- India
- Place of birth
- Jalandhar
- Spouse
- Geeta Basra
- Occupation
- actor
- Position held
- member of Rajya Sabha
- Political party
- Aam Aadmi Party
- Languages spoken
- Punjabi
- Native language
- Punjabi
- Participant in
- 1998 Commonwealth Games
- Sport
- Cricket
- Member of team
- Chennai Super Kings
- Country for sport
- India
- Image
- Harbhajan Singh's Pepsi promotional event 'Change The Game'.jpg
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- Commons category
- Harbhajan Singh
- date of birth
- 1980-07-03
- social media followers
- 11846904
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