Can Sreesanth Find Some Redemption

[hawkeye]

Would he regain some of his reputation by telling all he knows about spot-fixing?

Life Ban Doesn't Have To Be The End

Had he been able to put aside the theatrics and focus his considerable energy to the task of refining his bowling, he might have been able to improve his level of consistency. Sometimes you just wanted to scream out to him to forget the antics and just bowl. The audience sometimes found him entertaining and they had fun poking and taunting him, but the feeling most associated with his behavior was one of exasperation. You always felt that a bowler as skilled as Sreesanth, should he rise to his full potential, would be a constant thorn in the sides of the world's best batsmen.

 

[Lee1981]

Would he regain some of his reputation by telling all he knows about spot-fixing?

Life Ban Doesn't Have To Be The End

Couldn't careless he is a horrible little $hit and I hope he gets everything he deserves

 

[SaiSrini]

He should fight it out in courts and get his name cleared, and get the life ban lifted. If I were him, I would go one step further and fight in conjunction with those people who want the BCCI to be accountable to the Indian government and public for its actions and decisions. The BCCI can call themselves a private organization and yet call their national team as "Indian team"? WTF? A private organization has no right to debar a player from playing for his country.

Sreesanth should fight his life ban, and should also fight to get back into the national team again. Even if he is guilty of spot fixing.

 

[AbhishekS]

Exactly my points, Sai. Sreesanth has full right to fight against this life-ban. The punishment is too harsh even if he is proven guilty.

 

[vaibhavtewatia]

It will be great if every cricketer who indulges in spot fixing, gets banned, moves his case to the court, and get his name cleared! And then infact, plays for his national team

Ask yourself, does he deserve to be in the team?

 

[Gone4aDuck]

Ask yourself, does he deserve to be in the team?

As a bowler he was average at best. He only ever took odi wickets when batsmen went after him. As a test bowler he was terrible. I think it's a blessing in disguise from an Indian point of view. If he played it was nothing short of embarrassing for the Indian team.
As far as the life ban being to "harsh", it's not harsh at all. If it's proven 100% that the player has done it I'm in full agreement of a life ban.

 

[Bluey Zarsoff]

You do the crime. You do the time. There is no room in cricket for this kind of behaviour and never will be.

 

[vaibhavtewatia]

As far as the life ban being to "harsh", it's not harsh at all. If it's proven 100% that the player has done it I'm in full agreement of a life ban.

As a bowler he was average at best. He only ever took odi wickets when batsmen went after him. As a test bowler he was terrible. I think it's a blessing in disguise from an Indian point of view. If he played it was nothing short of embarrassing for the Indian team.

Nope, he certainly was a terrible one day bowler, but not all that bad in test cricket. More often he pitched all over the place, probably because he tried too hard. He was the reason for India's first test win in South Africa, and on his day, could do enough damage to the opposition. Not the best, but not the worst, he has great potential.

But that's not the point, and this sums it up :

You do the crime. You do the time. There is no room in cricket for this kind of behaviour and never will be.

 

[SaiSrini]

It will be great if every cricketer who indulges in spot fixing, gets banned, moves his case to the court, and get his name cleared! And then infact, plays for his national team

Ask yourself, does he deserve to be in the team?

Its not about his skills or whether he deserves to be in the team, or not. Just because he might be ordinary, doesn't mean the life ban suits him. That's complete BS.

If he did it when playing for India, probably it would have been a stronger case for a life ban. But he has done it in domestic level, and that too for a franchise (not even for his state level cricket). And this was his first offence. You don't give the harshest ever punishment to a guy who has committed an offence for the first time. Give him time to reform. Punish him for a certain period, and then let him back in. This "it will act as a deterrent for others" argument is rubbish. We have seen punishments for fixing for long. Has it deterred others at all? NO!

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You do the crime. You do the time. There is no room in cricket for this kind of behaviour and never will be.

And that time would be 'life'? Then why bother calling it 'time'?

 

[vaibhavtewatia]

Its not about his skills or whether he deserves to be in the team, or not. That's complete BS.

That's what I said.

If he did it when playing for India, probably it would have been a stronger case for a life ban. But he has done it in domestic level, and that too for a franchise (not even for his state level cricket). And this was his first offence. You don't give the harshest ever punishment to a guy who has committed an offence for the first time. Give him time to reform. Punish him for a certain period, and then let him back in. This "it will act as a deterrent for others" argument is rubbish. We have seen punishments for fixing for long. Has it deterred others at all? NO!

So should we have waited for him to cheat at the International level? Sreesanth, unlike the other cricketers facing charges in the same case, is one guy who is experienced and mature enough to understand his position in a team, someone who knows what it means to play at the International level. For once it could be understood why the other guys were lured into the trap, they've probably never seen that much money. But Sreesanth of the whole lot, someone who knows what its like winning the World Cup. I think it is total lack of respect for the game, and it is immaterial which kind of team he is playing for.

And how could you be so sure it has never ever deterred others from following the same?

 

[Bluey Zarsoff]

And that time would be 'life'? Then why bother calling it 'time'?

Life is time. The longest time, and that's what you deserve when found guilty of this type of crime against the very sport that has provided a career and lifestyle for you.

 

[deepuparayil]

But he is yet to be found guilty by a court. In fact, court openely criticised the cops for the poor evidence. There's no solid evidence against him till now and everyone already maked their decision based on stupid media reports ?

 

[Bluey Zarsoff]

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) banned Sreesanth and Chavan, not the media.

It sounds like Ajit Chandila will be next. Another possible life ban.

The more cheats the sport can rid itself of the better for all.

 

[lionhearts]

Sreesanth will be back with a bang there is no evidence in his name which shows he had committed spot fixing & from media itself we can understand that someone is trying to trap him.now the biggest support to sreesanth is some of the BCCI officials are supporting sreesanth & they all are against the Life ban .so from this we can understand that to save someones face some officials are making Sreesanth as a victim.As a save Sreesanth Forum Member latest report i received was Mumbai police has been not Included Sreesanth's name in the Case sheet .So Sree will come back soon

Anyone Know today's Specialty years back in this Sreesanth make every Indians so Proud

Sept 22 (this day in 2007) exactly 6 years ago our god's own Cricketer #Sreesanth destroyed the Aussies opening pair

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sree claimed the wickets of Gillchirst and hayden In semi final of icc T20 world cup 2007.

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[vaibhavtewatia]

It's ridiculous to think that he has been banned based on media reports.. Seriously?

What I concur is he might get away easy, or atleast escape a life ban..