In a match, where all 40 wickets fell, five specialist spinners from either side accounted for 31 of them. But the piece of statistic that would certainly disturb Harbhajan is the fact that his share his 1 out of 31 giving away 90 runs in 25 overs.
While India's strike bowler Ravi Ashwin had a 10-for, Amit Mishra also did his case no harm by picking up five wickets in two innings.
Just when one finds how Herath turned the clock back and defied all odds to win a Test match for his side, Harbhajan's time on the field seemed like a struggle as he went through the motions with Dinesh Chandimal knocking the stuffing out of the Indian attack.
Skipper Virat Kohli however admitted that the 'Turbanator' bowled only one good spell but then in his defence said that all bowlers during that phase were punished by Chandimal.
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