Our favorite off-kilter Indian cricketer is about to return to action in the upcoming triangular ODI series between India, Australia, and Sri Lanka.
Here is a bit from the great Lawrence Booth that explains the goofball charm of our friend Shanthakumaran Sreesanth, or simply, Sreesanth:
But his pieces de resistance remain his attempts to unsettle members of the opposition with a brand of sledging that combines the wit of Oscar Wilde with the linguistic facility of, well, Oscar Wilde's son.
Here he recalls an altercation with Brian Lara.
"He defended a ball with an exaggerated back-and-across movement and I just stood there and murmured my disapproval. Next ball he was beaten and I said, 'Is this the King Charles Lara? Who is this impostor, moving around
nervously?' I should have kept my mouth shut for the next ball - mind you, it was a length ball - Lara just pulled it over the church beyond the boundary! He is a true legend."
From buffoonery to adulation in a few sentences! Sreesanth at his clownish best!
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