The Indian Premier League (IPL) has seen a fair share of highs as well as few massive lows. In 2013, the spot-fixing allegations were brought forward which had few Indian cricketers’ involvement. The most notable name among them was S Sreesanth, whose career turned upside down since the spot-fixing charges were imposed on him.
While he remains only a few months away from his life ban being lifted once and for all, Sreesanth opened up on what all he went through in a recent interaction. He made a glaring remark that he was avoided by most of his Indian teammates, except a few, following the IPL controversy.
Sreesanth told India Today, “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.”
The Indian pacer further opined, “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.”
