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Is Indian pace bowler Shantakumaran Sreesanth trying to destroy his own career?
The Indian selectors said he was not considered for the Australia series due to a stiff back. But Sreesanth then appeared dancing in a Bollywood flick Ek Khiladi Ek Haseena.
Sreesanth claims the film was shot before his injury, but many had their doubts.
Recently, Sreesanth was also involved in a skirmish with a hotel staff in Bangalore due to a malfunction to his room air conditioner and is also not in good terms with one section of his state association officials.
Sreesanth is undoubtedly a talented cricketer, but talent alone cannot sustain his place in the team.
His infamous spat with Harbhajan Singh caused serious concerns among board members, particularly the North Indian lobby. Singh can be as arrogant as Sreesanth but he remains the best off spinner in the country so his place is secure.
India has a number of talented fast bowlers and Sreesanth faces tough competition for a place.
He has the added difficulty of making the side from a little known state like Kerala. The fast bowler made the team after being backed by S. Karunakaran Nair, ex-secretary of the BCCI, who was from Kerala.
Lack of chances
Over the years the state has seen plenty of its talented cricketers fail to get a chance.
Many who saw Mohammad Ebrahim, a left arm pacer who played during the early seventies, said he could could swing the ball as brilliantly as Wasim Akram but he never got the break.
Kerala also had one of the fastest bowlers of the early seventies in PMK Mohandas. He was so quick that he was mentioned in E.A.S Prasanna's autobiography One More Over.
Many who had scored and performed brilliantly from Kerala were selected for the South Zone but rarely made the eleven. K. Jayaram, who was once the highest scorer from South Zone in a Ranji Trophy season, only got to carry drinks for the South Zone team in the Duleep Trophy.
So, Sreesanth better be aware of his luck and focus more on his game.
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