New Delhi(Agencies): Fast
bowler S Sreesanth said that while he is open to playing for India again if
given the opportunity, he is not back in the Kerala Ranji setup to compete.
“I’m not here to compete, I’m just here to
help and share my experiences and in that process if the selectors give me a
chance then why not, I would like to play the 2021 Test Championships final if
India plays in it,” he told the New Indian Express.
Kerala Cricket Association had
said that it would consider the 37-year-old after his ban ends in September for
the Kerala Ranji team. Sreesanth said that there is no longer a fear of failure
for him.
“I’ve been blessed to get this opportunity.
There is no fear of failure or success. A lot of people don’t want to compete
because of a fear of failure or even of success, they don’t know what to do
with success,” he said.
“I think I am blessed to have a balanced
approach now which is to just share experiences and help players, regardless of
who they are.”
The BCCI had banned Sreesanth for
life in August 2013 for his alleged involvement in the spot-fixing scandal that
rocked the 2013 Indian Premier League. In 2015, however, a special court in
Delhi acquitted him of all charges.
In 2018, the Kerala High Court
had struck down the life ban imposed on the cricketer by the BCCI and also
quashed all proceedings against him. However, a division bench of the High
Court restored the ban.
Sreesanth then moved the Supreme
Court against the order. And last year in March, the apex court upheld his
guilt but asked the BCCI to reduce his quantum of punishment. The cricket board
then reduced his life ban to seven years which will come to an end in August
this year. The 37-year old, has so far played 27 Tests, 53 ODIs and 10 T20Is
taking 87, 75 and 7 wickets respectively.
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