Former Indian and current Chennai Super Kings batsman, Robin Uthappa narrated a hilarious incident involving S Sreesanth, Mahendra Singh Dhoni. Uthappa in a candid conversation with stand-up comedian Sorabh Pant on his YouTube show ‘Wake Up With Sorabh’ spilled the beans.
Soon after India become the champions in the inaugural World T20I (2007), the incident took place during a T20I match between India and Australia, in Hyderabad.
According to Uthappa, Sreesanth was appealing for marketing. Here is what he recalls –
“It was just after the World Cup, and we were playing Australia in Hyderabad. And I think it was either Andrew Symonds or Hussey who had backed up. And then Sree (Sreesanth) stopped, took the stumps off, and goes ‘How is that? How is that?’ So MS (Dhoni) came running from there, pulled him, and said ‘just go, bowl bro’. Someone who actually handled him really well was MS,” Uthappa told.
Later in the episode, Uthappa disclosed that he, Sreesanth, and Gautam Gambhir had taken the lead to sled against the Australians.
Uthappa later described the euphoria and tension around the final catch of World T20.
“I was standing at long-on. So many things happened during that match. When that ball went in the air, my first thought was ‘ok, who is at short fine leg?’. And when I saw it’s Sree (Sreesanth), I started sprinting and I was praying ‘Please pull us through.’ Because again, you don’t lose a World Cup final to Pakistan. There’s just something that we always get the better of them in a World Cup,” Uthappa added.
Uthappa on Sreesanth’s comeback to cricket after ban –
“He would be bowling at around 125 kph now, if he can keep his discipline and keep working on his bowling, he can build up his pace into the 130s and still turn out to be a dangerous bowler,” Uthappa said for Sreesanth.
