Sreesanth retires from all forms of domestic cricket
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Right-arm pacer Sreesanth, who last played for the Indian team in 2011, has announced his retirement from all formats of cricket. A spot-fixing scandal rocked the Indian T20 League in 2013, causing the Indian pacer to be not only banned from participating in the IPL but also prohibited from wearing the Indian jersey.
A comeback attempt by Sreesanth in professional cricket ended in failure in the mega auction for the 2022 IPL. Meanwhile, he tweeted that he was retiring from cricket. He was a member of the Indian squad which won the World Cup in 2011. He also represented India in the 2011 World Cup but failed to take a wicket.
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Sreesanth was a part of the Indian squad which won the World Cup in the year 2011
Sreesanth served in the Indian squad that won the 2007 T20 World Cup. He is best known for dismissing Misbah-ul-Haq, who was the final wicket to fall for Pakistan. Misbah had offered the catch to Sreesanth when MS Dhoni’s team won the inaugural T20 World Cup in South Africa.
During his career, he played 27 Tests, 53 ODIs, and 10 T20Is for India. He was a right-arm pacer who took 87 wickets in Test cricket, and 75 wickets in ODIs. During T20I cricket, the 39-year-old also accounted for seven willow wielders with the ball. He played his last international match for the Indian side back in 2011.
The Kerala-born cricketer also played 44 matches in the Indian Premier League (IPL). He took 40 wickets in his IPL career and struck out at a rate of 22.0 with an average of close to 30. He featured in his last IPL match in the year 2013 against the Punjab Kings (PBKS) outfit.
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