Time to go back to the domestic circuit, again it seems. After a wonderful display of seam-up fast bowling in South Africa, Sree Santh has started to come off the seam now. In Greg Chappell’s wicked regime, he was thrown out of the one-day squad, and not it seems his test position awaits similar fate.
Zaheer and RP Singh have clearly out bowled him in both the tests at Lord's and Trent Bridge. He is eccentric to say the least. At first when he did that jig after hitting Andre Nel, everybody thought it was wonderful, and praised his attitude. But somehow, it has stuck with him. He could bowl as well he could speak, dance, sledge or whatever, he would have been in place of Zaheer Khan picking up the Man-of-the-Match award. Instead, he his busy running into Michael Vaughn, bowling BIG, I mean BIIIIIG no-balls that you would not even see in galli cricket, leave alone international cricket. His troubles are far from over, lately his rounds to the match referee have also gone on to become a common norm. In South Africa, he was fined for gesturing Alma when he was out and yesterday he paid another visit for fine of 50% match fees.
It is believed that he bowls legspin at the Indian batsmen in the nets. If that is true, i wonder what the Venkatesh Prasad is doing as a bowling coach. Sree Santh was bowling a heap of garbage, his run-up was all over the place, his action changing every ball from being a Merv Hughes to Imran Khan and what not. Being cocky is a different thing and being irresponsible is altogether different. I hope somebody goes up to him and has a word or two. Whatever they do, i am sure, Rahul will think twice before picking him up for the third and final test; which for that matter will decide the series.
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