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`Rahul, Greg know what they are doing'

Harbhajan Singh. — Photo: PTI

NEW DELHI: Harbhajan Singh sees no need to panic following India's below par performance in Malaysia and is hopeful of the team doing justice to the home support in the upcoming Champions Trophy.

"I agree we did not perform very well in Malaysia but then, it could have happened to any of the teams. We have a fine team and things should hopefully fall in place soon," said the off-spinner.

He was answering questions from the media after signing a contract for being managed professionally by Iconix over the next four years.

About the experiments with the batting order, Harbhajan said these were aimed at ascertaining how a player performed in a given situation and prepared the players for the tougher challenges ahead.

"Rahul (Dravid) and Greg (Chappell) know what they are doing," he stressed.

He looked forward to playing in the Challenger Series ahead of the Champions Trophy. "These will be good practice games for the players," he said.

On his current form, Harbhajan said, "I have done pretty well in the last one year in the one-day games. My batting has been a bonus but I agree, I could have done better with the bat. Earlier, I used to play too many shots. Now I am paying more attention to my batting. I'll be happy to contribute 30-40 runs to the total. But my job is to take wickets." — Special Correspondent

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