Boorish bowler Sreesanth angers India's media
Thursday, 4 October 2007
NEW DELHI, Oct 3 (AFP): India's media Wednesday condemned fast bowler Shanthakumaran Sreesanth's on-field tantrums after he clashed with Australian batsmen, saying there was a "thin line between aggression and antics."
Sreesanth clashed repeatedly with the batsmen during Tuesday's second one-day international in Kochi and even appealed for a run-out against Andrew Symonds after the ball was ruled dead.
The bowler ran up to striker Brad Haddin's feet to collect a ball that bounced off the batsman's pad and eye-balled him inches from his nose.
Non-striker Symonds left his crease to have a word with Sreesanth who promptly dislodged the bails and continued to appeal for a run-out even though umpire Suresh Shastri ruled it a "dead" ball.
Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni prevented the situation from turning ugly by persuading Sreesanth to get on with the game, but the local media was unimpressed.
"There was little excuse for Sreesanth's exaggerated and provocative celebration when he, subsequently, had Symonds caught and bowled.
Sreesanth clashed repeatedly with the batsmen during Tuesday's second one-day international in Kochi and even appealed for a run-out against Andrew Symonds after the ball was ruled dead.
The bowler ran up to striker Brad Haddin's feet to collect a ball that bounced off the batsman's pad and eye-balled him inches from his nose.
Non-striker Symonds left his crease to have a word with Sreesanth who promptly dislodged the bails and continued to appeal for a run-out even though umpire Suresh Shastri ruled it a "dead" ball.
Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni prevented the situation from turning ugly by persuading Sreesanth to get on with the game, but the local media was unimpressed.
"There was little excuse for Sreesanth's exaggerated and provocative celebration when he, subsequently, had Symonds caught and bowled.