S Sreesanth Accuses Teammates Of Avoiding Him During Dark Times

Tainted Indian pacer, S Sreesanth had accused his teammates of not standing by his side when S Sreesanth was going through a bad phase in his career. S Sreesanth said that only Virender Sehwag, VVS Laxman, and three to four other cricketers stood by his side when he was dealing with the rough patch.

The BCCI banned S Sreesanth for life in August 2013 along with his Rajasthan Royals teammates Ajit Chandila and Ankeet Chavan for indulging in alleged spot-fixing in the IPL that year. But on March 15 2019, the Supreme Court set aside the BCCI disciplinary committee’s order. But, in an order passed on August 7 by the former BCCI Ombudsman Justice (retired) D.K. Jain, he said that Sreesanth’s ban would end in 2020, as he has served a seven-year ban from 2013.

Now, S Sreesanth has claimed that a lot of his teammates kept themselves away from the tainted bowler during his rough times.

S Sreesanth Accuses Teammates Of Not Supporting Him. However, few did back the pacer:

S Sreesanth said, “Now, I do speak to many players. I spoke to Sachin (Tendulkar) paaji recently on Twitter. Viru (Sehwag) paaji, we keep messaging each other and Gautam (Gambhir), I met him recently. Publicly, most of the players used to avoid me except for Viru bhai, Laxman bhai and just three-four others would stay in touch with me. I also understood their apprehensions and I also didn’t make an effort to engage with them as there were court proceedings going on against me.”

“But then things improved in a couple of years. I met Bhajju pa at the airport not too long ago and I told him when I start playing cricket I will use the bat manufactured by Bhajji Sports,” told Sreesanth.

Spot Fixing Controversy A Stain For Indian Cricket

The 2013 Indian Premier League spot-fixing and betting case arose when the Delhi Police arrested three cricketers, Sreesanth, Ajit Chandila and Ankeet Chavan, on the charges of alleged spot-fixing. The three represented the Rajasthan Royals in the 2013 Indian Premier League.

In July 2015, all three of them were cleared of all the charges after they were found not guilty by the Patiala House Courts. However, in January 2016, Chandila was given a life ban from all forms of cricket by the BCCI. In March 2019, the Supreme Court lifted the life ban imposed by BCCI on Sreesanth. Over the years, Sreesanth felt frustrated, but as of now, he has a sigh of relief following a lengthy ban.

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