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NEWS Tri-Nation Tournament in Sri Lanka> Harbhajan looking for rich haul in Lanka 31st July 2005  21.51 IST By Agencies   Off-spinner Harbhajan Singh , who walked off the park with credit after India's first game in the Tri-series against Sri Lanka, is hoping to return home with a rich haul of wickets from the trip. But the bowler is aware of the daunting task at hand as the Sri Lankans are tough customers in their own backyard. "They (Sri Lanka) have a lot of batters who play spin very well. Their bowling is also very good and varied. They known their conditions perfectly and the crowd is always behind them. It's not easy to get past them," said Harbhajan in Dambulla. "Since they play spin well, it is always challenging to bowl at them. But I have always done well here. I hope to return with most wickets from this trip," he said. The player from Punjab, who had a fairly good outing even though India lost the match by three wickets on Saturday night, also revealed how to become successful in ODIs. "My philosophy is to attack the batsmen, be it Tests or ODIs, I am always trying to take wickets. If I bowl with a defensive mindset, then I would go for runs also and there would also be no entry in the wicket's column," said Harbhajan, who first contributed a handy unbeaten 20 runs with the bat and later chipped in with two wickets. Also View In-Depth Coverage: Tri-Nation Tournament in Sri Lanka Team Page: India Team Page: Sri Lanka

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