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Ashwin reveals how an angry MS Dhoni put Sreesanth in his place | Cricket News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Ravichandran Ashwin's autobiography, 'I Have The Streets - A Kutty Cricket Story,' is a captivating read that spans his journey from his early years to India's momentous World Cup victory in 2011.The 184-page book is filled with amusing anecdotes and occasional insights into Ashwin's innovative mindset, always eager to explore unconventional approaches.The book is co-authored by Sidharth Monga and published by Penguin Random House.One of the most gripping stories in the book revolves around an incident in Port Elizabeth (now known as Gqeberha) in 2010, during a limited overs match against South Africa.An infuriated Mahendra Singh Dhoni instructed Ashwin to tell team manager Ranjib Biswal to book S Sreesanth on the next available flight back home.The reason behind this decisio...
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T20 World Cup: Before SKY’s scraper, there was Kapil’s back-waltz, Sreesanth’s flapping clasp

Kapil Dev waltzed back; Sreesanth backtracked a couple of steps, and waited for the ball to drop into his flapping hands, and Suryakumar Yadav rushed to his left skimming the boundary ropes – and the nation held their breath for a few seconds that stretched inexorably. In 1983, for Kapil, they waited for 9 confidently-hopeful seconds; in 2007, for Sreesanth they fretted for 4 nervy seconds; and in 2024, for Surya, they dropped their jaws for 7 clueless seconds without knowing what to expect for the danger that encircled him was multifold.Kapil yanking his head behind his left shoulder, Sreesanth staring into the skies, and Suryakumar’s eyes fixated on the ball even as his feet were tiptoeing the skirting of the ropes would go down as three great visuals from the Indian limited-overs fli...