Off-spinner Harbbhajan Singh says he was more surprised than hurt when he was axed from the Indian ODI team for the first two ODIs against England.
"I wouldn't say I was hurt. I was more surprised. I wish the younger guys all the best. I am more than happy to share my experience with them like I was helped by SachinTendulkar, Anil Kumble and SouravGanguly while I was coming up," Harbbhajan told PTI in an interview on Wednesday.
Dropped following a lacklustre tour of England, Harbhajan said that despite not being a part of Indian side, he would like to see his teammates take revenge over England in the five-match series, starting on Friday in Hyderabad.
England recently blanked India 0-4 in the Test series before inflicting a humiliating 0-3 defeat in the five-match one-day series at their backyard.
Harbhajan, on his part had a dismal show, as he took only two wickets in 69.4 overs at an average of 143.50 and economy rate of 4.11 before he suffered a stomach injury during the second game and was ruled out for the rest of the tour.
"Harbhajan Singh is immaterial. What is important is India must beat England in the five-match ODI series and take their revenge, which I am sure they would over the next two weeks," he said.
Indian squad for the first two ODIs: MS Dhoni, Gautam Gambhir, Parthiv Patel, Virat Kohli, Suresh Raina, Manoj Tiwary, Ajinkya Rahane, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Praveen Kumar, Rahul Sharma, Vinay Kumar, Umesh Yadav, Varun Aaron, Sreenath Aravind.
