World Cup Cricket : Stars to Watch : Fresh Blood : Sreesanth

Country & Record

Full Name: Shanthakumaran Sreesanth

Born: February 6, 1983, Kothamangalam, Kerala

Team: India

Batting Style: Right Hand Bat

Bowling Style: Left Arm Fast Medium

ODI Debut: India v Sri Lanka at Nagpur - Oct 25, 2005

ODI Statistics:

One Day Internationals: Batting and Fielding

M I NO Runs HS Ave SR 100 50 Ct St

27 9 4 7 3 1.40 25.00 0 0 3 0

One Day Internationals: Bowling

O M R W Ave BBI 4w 5w SR Econ

27 1317 1264 35 36.11 6/55 1 1 37.62 5.75

Profile:

Sreesanth, came into the national squad in 2005 for the Sri Lanka series. In the last game of his impressive debut season, he snapped up 6 for 55 against England, the best figures by an Indian fast bowler at home. Idiosyncratic, with an aggressive approach - to the stumps and the game - he can be expensive in one-dayers, but is also a wicket-taking bowler. Known more for his Dancing skills, Sree is one of the few in India whom you would see giving it back to the opposition. Denis Lillee had very early on marked Sreesanth as the next best thing after Zaheer Khan to come out of the MRF Pace Academy. The pace prodigy has not let the Australian bowling guru down. He has effortlessly taken to international cricket and his performances in South Africa a testimony to it!

Expectation of him in World Cup:

This is his first World Cup, with three senior seamers in the team it would be a fight for Sree to get a place in the playing XI. If he gets a chance to play, the team would expect him to maintain his lie and not to give away a lot of runs. A controlled aggression in short!