Virat Kohli my favourite cricketer, Kapil Dev India's best-ever captain: S Sreesanth

lockdown in India was extended to May 3 due to dire situation in country. More than 14,300 people have tested positive for coronavirus in India with 480 people falling prey to deadly virus. All supporting events in world have been called off indefinitely. IPL 2020 was also postponed indefinitely which has given cricketers some time off.

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y are making most of this time by indulging on social media and interacting with fans. Recently, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Kevin Pietersen and Jasprit Bumrah had gone live on Instagram where y spoke on several topics. latest cricketer to join bandwagon is S Sreesanth, where he answered a lot of interesting questions.

Sreesanth names his favourite batsman and bowler from Indian team

During a live session on Helo app, a fan asked S Sreesanth to pick his favourite batsman and bowler in modern-day cricket. S Sreesanth picked Indian skipper Virat Kohli as his favourite batsman and chose Jasprit Bumrah as his favourite bowler. On being asked about his favourite Indian captain, he picked 1983 World Cup-winning skipper Kapil Dev as his favourite captain of all-time.

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fan also asked S Sreesanth about his opinion on an India-Pakistan fundraising series which was proposed by former Pakistan speedster Shoaib Akhtar. 38-year old said that two countries are t on good terms with each or. He added that looking at havoc caused by pandemic, topmost priorities should be upliftment of India and improvement of public health situation. He furr said that personally, he is t in favour of playing any match against Pakistan unless political relations between two countries improve.

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S Sreesanth hopeful of making India comeback

Kerala bowler is one of most controversial bowlers that emerged out of Indian cricket. He was kwn for his aggressive nature and wild celebrations.  right-arm pacer was handed with a lifetime ban from BCCI for having an involvement in infamous spot-fixing scandal of IPL. However, in 2019, Supreme Court reduced his ban to seven years that will end in month of August this year. Moreover, Sreesanth has t lost his hope of playing for Team India once again, although chances are very slim because of his and form.

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