Sreesanth rubs his seniors the wrong way
There was a bit of drama during the first game of the NKP Salve Challenger Trophy on Sunday night.
Fast bowler S Sreesanth was involved in a skirmish with Harbhajan Singh during India Blues’ innings.
India Reds were a wicket-away from a well-deserved win when Harbhajan barged into Sreesanth while the bowler was returning to his mark. A few words were exchanged and both umpires had to intervene to separate the two. The reason for the off-spinner picking on him was learnt later.
In the dressing room, coach Lalchand Rajput read out the riot act to Sreesanth for getting involved in the scuffle.
“There was absolutely no need for him to do that. The team was in a winning position then why unnecessarily create a ruckus,” said Rajput, clearly very agitated with the bowler.
Apparently, a source tells us that wasn’t the only issue.
Sreesanth had even sledged Sachin Tendulkar and Virender Sehwag early in the innings.
“After he was hit by Sehwag for a four, he went up to him and asked him why he can’t bat like that in international matches,” the source said.
Sehwag, obviously lost his cool and pointed that out to the umpires. Later, Sreesanth dared to look Tendulkar in his eyes in his follow through after getting one past him.
The next ball saw Tendulkar jumping out of his crease to smash a six, tennis style, over the bowler’s head. The source said, “Tendulkar went up to him and said, never again come that close to me.”
Sreesanth went wicketless on the night conceding 58 runs in nine overs.
- Reported elsewhere
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Balaji said,
October 12, 2006 @ 11:48 am
Sreesha is a good find. Nice length and aggression.
We see Australian bowlers like Lee, Mcgrath being warned by CA for their behaviour and that they should acieve that before World cup.
Not to mention Warne.
kamal anjelo said,
December 14, 2006 @ 3:17 pm
Being aggressive inthe field is natural for any fast bowler.its just the indians dont have the aggression or firepower which Sreesanth has.whether he is successful or not is,not the point here.he tried sincerely,thatswhat matters to me,atleast.
and his question to sehwag is quite funny and true also.
Sachin should bat like this against the likes of Mcrath,Brett lee…and convey the same message to them.when he is being sledged by those…and gets out in the next ball,comes back to pavilion with less than 10 runs.
pseudos…phew
Daman Bedi said,
December 20, 2006 @ 9:27 am
I had read this story somewhere else and hunted it down to this forum as i am keen to know, for a start, if it is true or not. If it is true, then i am quite proud of Sreesanth as long as he can back his aggression with his fast and furious pace performance. It’s nothing wrong with the aggression as long as it leads to the positive results. There is a fine line between the aggression and rudeness and crossing that should be at your own risk. If you cross it and succeed; you are a hero like Glen and Shane and many others; if you don’t then……