Exclusive - I Loved To Watch Zaheer Khan Bowl: S Sreesanth

S Sreesanth grew up watching spin legends Anil Kumble and Shane Warne when he started as a leg-spinner. Later, he honed his skills better under the watchful eyes of Australian great Dennis Lille at the MRF Pace Foundation. Sreesanth, by his own admission, also said that Dennis Lille believed in fast bowling prowess and appreciated his skills.

When Sreesanth started his career in 2005, it looked like India have found a new fast bowler, who will go to distance. He was a part of India’s success story in 2007 T20 World Cup and 2011 World Cup and earn accolades from someone like MS Dhoni but his outrageous behaviour somewhere came in the way.

S Sreesanth: I always used to love Zaheer bhai, watched Allan Donald, Dennis Lille’s old videos

S Sreesanth filled in the big boots of Zaheer Khan while starting his Test career but never considered himself to be lead bowler of the side. Sresaanth admitted he loved watching Zaheer Khan bowl at a young age and learnt a lot from the videos of Allan Donald and Dennis Lille.

“I always used to love Zaheer bhai (Zaheer Khan), I used to watch Allan Donald, Dennis Lille sir’s old video, I used to be a leg spinner. Looked up to Anil Kumble and Shane Warne,” S Sreesanth said in an exclusive interview to CricketAddictor.

The Kerala fast bowler was a part of India’s 2007 T20 World Cup and 2011 World Cup winning squads. Sreesanth has 87 Test wickets and 75 ODI wickets to his name.