Sreesanth should focus on his strength: Shastri

Thu, Oct 07 10 08:38 PM

Kochi, Oct 7 (PTI) Temperamental pacer Sreesanth today received a word of advice from former captain Ravi Shastri who said the speedster should focus on his strength and not be intimidated by anyone including the Australians. "Focus on your strength, be your self and do not be intimidated by anyone least of of all by Australians ", Shastri advised Sreesanth, during a function here to mark the 60th year of the formation of the Kerala Cricket Association. "With Ishant Sharma, being ruled out of the second test against Australia at Bangalore starting on Oct 9 Sreesanth could find a place in the playing eleven," he said. Stressing the need to develop infrastructure in Kerala schools he said, "Focus on the districts. .. They are more passionate about cricket and dream about the sport and above all have few distractions. People in the metros are soft." Shastri termed India''s victory in the Mohali Test was one of the greatest Test matches and said it was a great endorsement for Test cricket. He lauded the performances of both V V S Laxman and Ishant Sharma. "This was the best performance of Indian Test Cricket. It shows the self-belief and character of the team, for more than 12 months we held the position of number one in test match ranking," he said. Ishant had a very good performance and Sreesanth should take heart from that and perform well if he gets selected to the playing eleven, the former Indian captain said. Asked if he was hopeful of the Kochi IPL team becoming a reality this season despite being dogged by controversies, he said, "We will get to know about it in 10 days. Showcause notices have been issued to three teams, including Kochi." "I do not want to speculate on it as it will be foolish on my part", he said.

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