Is Sreesanth better than Nehra, Praveen and Munaf?
By arahat
@arahat (19)
India
November 27, 2009 3:55pm CST
We all know that Sreesanth overacts on the field. At the same time, Sree has been mostly expensive as a bowler of late and his performances have been bleak enough to keep him out of the national side for over 1 year. However, his performance in the recently concluded test has brought him back into the limelight. His six wicket haul in the last match not only wiped off Lanka in the first innings but also helped us India take a crucial 1-0 lead in the test series. The last time I remember Sreesanth with a memorable performance is during the tour of South Africa where he bowled beautifully.
Sree has this ability to pitch the ball on the seam which gives him good movement. He has got talent but he gets carried away. Question is, how many people think that Sreesanth is a better bowler than the likes of Nehra, Praveen Kumar and Munaf Patel who are almost regulars in the national side? Is he better than them or does he deserve to warm the benches? What do you think?
2 responses
@amitavroy (4819)
• India
28 Nov 09
i will not compare praveen with sreesanth as both are not of the same kind of bowlers. praveen kumar is more of a line and length bowler with not much pace and relies on economy. sreesanth is an attacking bowler. he has done well and i think he does have the quality, but his attitude and consistency is the main thing which is against him
@VinceMcMahon (1073)
• New Zealand
27 Nov 09
Sreesanth is not a bad bowler but I'll recommend him only for tests.
You know bowling in test is pretty different than bowling in ODI's.
It doesn't matter if he's little bit expensive in tests but as long as he has the ability to pick wickets. B
But in ODI's, you simply can't afford to be expensive.
Picking 2 wickets and giving 80 runs in 10 overs is not a wise bowling skill in ODI's.
Even if you take no wicket but only concede around 40 runs in 10 overs, it's a lot of contribution on a bowler's part.
I think P Kumar is better bowler than Sreeshanth in ODI's but I'm not sure about test matches as he never played a test match yet.
Can't say for sure if Sree is better than Nehra and M Patel, but time will tell since we can't conclude seeing one performance.
