Sreesanth picks his all-time calmest XI, includes Harbhajan Singh and handful of ex-captains

S Sreesanth. (Photo Source: Twitter)

Cricket, with its dynamic fluctuations in how it is inherently played, is bound to elicit a range of emotions. Happiness and joy are normal emotions during victory, but things often have turned south at many fervent instances which have drawn out a strong range of intense emotions from a whole lot of cricketers, even if they didn’t mean it to be levied on a personal basis.

Former India cricketer, S. Sreesanth, recently put forth a team of 11 members in what he ironically termed as his “all-time calmest XI”.

In a fresh conversation with Sportskeeda, the World Cup-winning paceman named former India skipper, Sourav Ganguly, as the skipper of the team. Ganguly was himself known as quite an animated character back then, with one of his most famous incidents related to him going overboard being his celebration from the balcony of the Indian dressing room at the iconic Lord’s, post India clinching the NatWest series against England in 2002.

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Gautam Gambhir and Virat Kohli, the two lads from Delhi who have had quite a storied history between the both of them, were listed as the openers of the team.

Former Australian skipper, Ricky Ponting, was named as the one-drop batter. Punter was one of the chief individuals who brought about a wave of dominance combined with extreme aggressiveness within the internal system of the Aussies.

Sreesanth’s fiery XI

The middle order comprised former Pakistani and Bangladeshi captains and legendary all-rounders of their respective sides, who were also known for their flaring tempers. The latter, who is still an active ingredient of Bangladesh cricket, still manages to get in the limelight for his extreme bouts of anger which he displays at times.

Other than himself, Sreesanth included Harbhajan Singh and Shoaib Akhtar in the lineup. The two of them had a heated rivalry during their prime, and constantly took subtle digs at each other whenever the arch-rivals would lock horns against each other.

Kieron Pollard was the sole West Indian on the list. As fun-loving as he was and is, the monstrous cricketer was an absolute menace for anyone who caught strays with him on the field. Andre Nel, the ex-Proteas bowler with whom Sreesanth had had a passionate exchange while the former was bowling to the latter, also found himself in Sreesanth’s XI.