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He could also delight and excite fans with his supreme skill with the cricket ball. He could also frustrate them on and off the field.
S Sreesanth, who announced his retirement from all forms of domestic cricket on Wednesday, was a talented fast bowler who won India Test matches overseas with some extraordinary spells, and was part of two World Cup winning teams (in 2007 and 2011). Were. However, his career remained incomplete.
memorable test win
However, that career had a good start. He took six wickets for 55 runs in an ODI against England in his first season (2005–06) in international cricket. In his second, he took eight wickets in Johannesburg to give India their first Test victory in South Africa. Earlier that year, he also featured in a memorable Test victory against West Indies at Kingston.
Sreesanth had arrived. The swing, the pace, the aggression, the seam position—there seemed to be a lot going for him.
But, he also had a tendency to get into trouble. In 2013, he was arrested along with two other Rajasthan Royals players for spot-fixing in the IPL.
The BCCI imposed a life ban on him, which was later reduced to seven years. This allowed him to return to the Kerala team last year.
A few weeks ago, he contributed to the team’s Ranji Trophy win against Meghalaya in Rajkot, where the 39-year-old took the last of his 213 first-class wickets.
He took 87 wickets in Tests and 75 wickets in ODIs. He could have had more.