I had a lot of girlfriends, Dhoni felt that I would make a GF on every ground, told Sreesanth

New Delhi. S Sreesanth has shared a funny anecdote of his game days with Mahendra Singh Dhoni. This shows how good bonding has been among the players within the Indian cricket team. Former Team India fast bowler Sreesanth recalled the incident when Dhoni jokingly told him that he would find girlfriends on every ground. Right -arm bowler Sreesanth has been part of the 2007 T20 World Cup and 2011 ODI World Cup winning team.

S Sreesanth said on the YouTube channel of Padamjeet Sehrawat, “Dhoni often joked with him that he would find a girlfriend on every ground. There were so many girlfriends that he thought that I would hold a girlfriend from every field.” Apart from the joke, Sreesanth also recalled Dhoni’s confidence in him. Srisanth said that Dhoni once told him that he had the ability to achieve great success in his career, but he himself did not fully understand his abilities. That captain, a friend who explained to me that my ability could take me to the heights, but I did not understand my ability.

India’s T20 World Cup 2007 and ODI World Cup 2011 win under MS Dhoni’s captaincy, S Sreesanth also recalled one of his most memorable on-field moments. He celebrated the zealous celebrations after dismissing Matthew Hayden against Australia in the semi -finals of the T20 World Cup 2007. Australia was chasing 189. Sreesanth made the dangerous opener clean bold. Due to which his stump flew away. After this, Sreesanth got excited and patted the pitch three times as is counting a wrestling referee pinfall.

He was taken directly from Jashn Wrestling
Sreesanth said, ‘Many people do not know why I celebrated that celebration. Matthew Hayden was a big player. I made them clean bold. So he was taken directly from the celebration wrestling, where the referee kills you thrice before declaring you out. Sreesanth’s career was full of controversies. Apart from the slap controversy with Harbhajan Singh, he was also named in spot fixing. Sreesanth’s performance was a lot of ups and downs for Team India. But many occasions came when his bowling won the hearts of people. His most memorable performance was Team India’s tour of South Africa in 2006. On this tour, Sreesanth took 5 wickets in the Johannesburg Test and gave Team India the first Test win in South Africa.