S Sreesanth is returning to competitive cricket for the first time since IPL 2013 after his life ban was reduced to seven years.
Speaking to Sportskeeda’s Indranil Basu in an SK Live session on Facebook, Uthappa stated that while the Kerala speedster has been looking good in the nets, it needs to be taken into account that he is returning to the sport after seven years.
Heaping praise on S Sreesanth for having the belief that he could play again someday despite everything he has been through, Uthappa added:
Uthappa continued in this regard:
Uthappa added that he has immense respect for S Sreesanth for the manner in which he has battled his demons, saying in this regard:
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Asked whether Sreesanth had changed as a person or if he is still the same chirpy character as earlier, Uthappa jokingly countered “What do you think?” before elaborating that little has changed about S Sreesanth, the person.
Uthappa said in this regard:
While Uthappa, who turned out for Rajasthan Royals in IPL 2020, felt that S Sreesanth was bowling pretty well, he requested everyone to give the latter a year before making a judgement on him. Uthappa said in this regard:
On an optimistic note, Uthappa observed:
S Sreesanth was part of India’s World Cup-winning teams in 2007 (T20) and 2011 (50 overs), claiming 87 wickets in 27 Tests and 75 in 53 ODIs during a stop-start career.
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