India cricketer S Sreesanth’s seven-year ban period has come to an end, on Sunday (September 13). The speedster is now eligible to play professional cricket fr♓om the very next day. He is also ܫfree to take mentorship roles or commentary duty in the future.
Sreesanth was handed a lifetime ban for his alleged involvement in the spot-fixing scandal in the 2013 edition of the Indian🍸 Premier League (IPL). However, the ban was reduced to seven years by th🌊e BCCI Ombudsman, Justice (Retd.) DK Jain, in August 2019.
“I’m completely free of any charges nd anything nd now gonna represent the sport I love the most.will give my very best to every ball I ball even it’s just practice.just have another 5 to 7 years max to give it all I’ve got nd I will give the very best to any team I play,” tweeted Sreesanth a co𓄧uple of days ago, on Frida💮y.
I’m completely free of any charges nd anything nd now gonna represent the sport I lov🔴e the most.wil﷽l give my very best to every ball I ball even it’s just practice.just have another 5 to 7 years max to give it all I’ve got nd I will give the very best to any team I play
— Sreesanth (@sreesanth36)
Bhuvneshwari, Sreesanth’s wife, was also elated over the latter’s completion of the ban period. She took to Twitter and wrote: “Three things cannot be long hidden: “The Sun, the moon, and the truth. Om Shanti”.
Three things cannot be long hidden :
The Sun ,the moon, and the truth.
Om Shanti 😇&mdash🏅; Bhuvneshwari Sreesanth (@Bhuvneshwarisr1)
‘I don’t think anyone else will understand what it means to me’: Sreesanth
The 37-year-old fell short of words to describe his emotions a༒s he stated that no 🦩one would understand the feeling of staying away from cricket for seven long years.
“I have got freedom, freedom to play again. It’s a massive relief. I don’t think anyone else will understand what it means to me,” Sreesanth told Times of India.
The World Cup-winning pacer has earlier expressed 🌳his desire to resume the domestic career for home state, Kerala. Sadly, domestic cricke𒅌t still waits for i𝄹ts resumption in the wake of the coronavirus.
Sreesanth further revealed that he even considered retirement after reading reports regarding the s♐uspension of 2020-21 domestic season by the BCCI.
“From last May, I have put my heart and soul into the training looking forward to playing again. So when I read reports suggesting that the domestic cricket in India may be a non-starter this season, I was shattered. I even thought of quitting the game. But then I thought I wouldn’t be doing justice to myself as all the efforts I have made to play the game again for all these years would have gone down the drain,” Sreesanth added.
