Harbhajan Singh picks one player who could make huge difference for Chennai in Indian T20 League 2023

Former Indian off-spinner Harbhajan Singh has come up with a big statement ahead of the tournament opener of the Indian T20 League 2023 between Gujarat and Chennai. Notably, the defending champions and four-time champions will lock horns in the first match of the tournament at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.

Chennai will be playing under the captaincy of the former Indian skipper MS Dhoni. The yellow outfits will be looking ahead to lift their fifth title in the Indian T20 League as they didn’t have an expected outing last year in the 2022 edition of the Indian T20 League.

Coming back to Harbhajan Singh, he made a big statement about the star Chennai all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja ahead of the match against Gujarat. Jadeja has been in brilliant form of late in the recently-concluded bilateral assignment against Australia.

If you look at world cricket currently, there's no better all-rounder than him - Harbhajan Singh on Ravindra Jadeja

"One player who I am going to have my eyes on will be Ravindra Jadeja. I want to see what kind of batting he's going to do for Chennai. I think he'll be pushed higher up in the batting order (this season). As well as his four overs with the ball (will be key). If you look at world cricket currently, there's no better all-rounder than him. So, I am looking forward to seeing Ravindra Jadeja performing in the IPL," said Harbhajan Singh to Star Sports Network.

Later on, Bhajji also talked about the defending champions Gujarat alongside the captaincy and batting of skipper Hardik Pandya. He also went on to assess the coaching stint of former Indian pacer Ashish Nehra with Gujarat.

"One thing which they've done better than the rest is that they've been very flexible. They've never been rigid about who bats where. We saw Hardik Pandya coming up in the batting order and scoring those runs and he wasn't just slogging the ball, he played like a proper batter for Gujarat last season. He was very smart last season. Jonty Rhodes once said a happy team is a winning team' and that's the formula this team applied. From what I gathered from Ashish Nehra and the entire team management, they were a very-very happy team," he added later.