Mike Atherton the England coach felt that Harbhajan didn’t lived to the expectation in the recently concluded India – England clash @ Chennai.

"Even though Harbhajan was in form, bowling at a ground he knows well and at batsmen short of match practice, he made little impression," Atherton wrote in his column for ‘The Times’.

"I am not entirely sure that Harbhajan is the bowler he used to be, now that an overextended use of the doosra — the ball that spins to the off — has affected his ability to drift and spin his stock ball, the off spinner," he added.

"Although Panesar failed abjectly to do his bit on the final day, bowling 27 wicketless overs, comparing match figures does not show him in the poor light one may imagine. Amit Mishra, the leg spinner, bowled 51 overs, taking four for 165; Harbhajan bowled 68 overs, taking four for 187; Panesar bowled 46 overs, taking three for 170. The difference is not so marked," he pointed out.

"He is no Shane Warne, never has been, never will be. He is, however, a bloody good finger spinner and still the best England have by a distance. One bad game does not change that," he explained.