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Turbunator’s prediction proved wrong by Steve Smith’s team

Internet Desk: There is always a love and hate relationship between Harbhajan Singh and Australia. The turbunator in a recent interview had predicted a 4-0 drubbing for Steve Smith and his team. The former India off-spinner went a step further and labelled Steve Smith’s side as the worst team from Down Under to ever set foot on Indian soil.

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— cricket.com.au (@CricketAus) February 25, 2017

Harbhajan last week echoed his former India captain Sourav Ganguly by forecasting a decisive series win for the hosts in the four-Test series. Moments after Steve Smith and his team pulled up a brilliant 333 runs win at Pune, Cricket Australia did not waste any time to tweet with a smiley. The visitors pulled off an incredible win, outplaying the hosts in all departments. The tailor-made wicket at the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium seemed to have back-fired the star-studded Indian batting line-up as they were bamboozled by the spin of left arm spinner Steven O’Keefe and Nathan Lyon. The former returned with a match winning haul of 12 wickets. Harbhajan’s success against Australia came in 2001, when the man dubbed ‘The Turbanator’ devastated Steve Waugh’s side with 32 wickets in a thrilling three-Test series. After comprehensively winning the first Test on that tour, Australia famously lost the second match after enforcing the follow-on as Rahul Dravid and VVS Laxman combined for a 376-run stand to turn the match, and the series, on its head.