Harbhajan Singh lashes out at 'paid trolls' who mocked his commentary, compared him to Ashwin: 'Pick your dad'

Former India spinner Harbhajan Singh engaged in an ugly spat on social media with trolls who criticised his commentary and compared him to R Ashwin. Harbhajan lashed out at multiple such posts in harsh language in posts now going viral on X, formerly Twitter.

The 45-year-old who is currently doing commentary for the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026. On Saturday, he quoted a post where him, Virender Sehwag and Navjot Singh Siddhu were compared to Ian Bishop and criticised for not knowing enough about Indian domestic players.

Harbhajan lashed out at this post with a popular Hindi saying: ‘Hathi chale bazaar, kutte bhaunke hazaar (Elephant walks in the market even if thousand dogs bark).

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हाथी चले बाज़ार । कुत्ते भोंके हज़ार । चल निकल यहाँ से Tomy . Not Homie 🤮 https://t.co/Wa2Nw16EAM

— Harbhajan Turbanator (@harbhajan_singh) March 29, 2026

Bhajji goes on all out attack

In another post where Harbhajan, Akash Chopra and Sehwag were called “clowns” for their commentary, Harbhajan told the troll: ‘Pick one of us as your dad’

Inme se ek ko papa chun le 😂😂😂 https://t.co/UtMvrWmiao

— Harbhajan Turbanator (@harbhajan_singh) March 29, 2026

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The account which made the Ian Bishop comparison post returned and said: “Ashwin se jealousy tera career kha gayi ab commentary pe dhyan de warna yaha se bhi retire hona padega. “Turbanator” nahi commentary ke liye “t*rror” hai tu. (Jeaolusy with Ashwin ended your career. Focus on your commentary otherwise, you will have to retire from here as well. You are not “turbanator” but terror for commentary)

Harbhajan quickly shot back: “Dogs can’t digest ghee, and a loser like you can’t stomach the reply. Get lost, Tommy.”

कुत्ते को घी नहीं पचता और तेरे जैसे लोंडू को जवाब हज़म नहीं हुआ । चल बे टोमी https://t.co/0f1FBbj9Fw

— Harbhajan Turbanator (@harbhajan_singh) March 29, 2026

The war of words further stretched but this time Harbhajan ended it with a picture of an English saying. “I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig. You get dirty and besides the pig likes it,” the picture stated.

यह अंग्रेजी की एक अच्छी कहावत है । जो तेरे पर लागू होती है । अगर ना समजे तो अपने paid सेना की मदद ले लेना 👇 Get lost now । और हा अपनी असली शकल और आईडी से कर ना tweet फट्टू https://t.co/APEOIhvldf pic.twitter.com/KyeeP195gP

— Harbhajan Turbanator (@harbhajan_singh) March 29, 2026

He then clarified that those attacking him were not actually fans but ‘paid trolls’.