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Hayden is a legend, I never sledged him: Sreesanth

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Posted: May 13, 2009 at 1539 hrs IST

Johannesburg: Protagonists of many an on-field drama, temperamental pacer S Sreesanth said he considers Matthew Hayden a genius and does not know what prompted the belligerent Australian to call him an 'over-rated bowler'.

During the May 7 Indian Premier League match between Hayden's Chennai Super Kings and Sreesanth's Kings XI Punjab at Pretoria, the Australian spanked the Indian pacer for two sixes before falling to him in the same over.

In the subsequent press conference, Hayden alleged Sreesanth had sledged him and said the Kerala pacer was an "overrated bowler".

Sreesanth denied sledging the Australian and was clueless what prompted Hayden to say so. "I came to know from my friends in Bangalore (that) I have been called an over-rated bowler by Matthew Hayden. I don't even know why he said that," Sreesanth said.

"Even my friends were asking me what I said about it. So I said I don't have anything to say. He is a genius, genuine great batsman, the greatest batsman in the world. I have nothing to say on that," he said.

Denying the sledging allegation, the Sreesanth said, "I never sledged...I would love to ask him in the next match when I am playing with the ball, not with the mouth. He's a huge personality off the field. I don't want to get into conversation with somebody who just talks. He's a legend at the end of the day. All I can say is that I will try my level best to get him out with my ability."

"...over-rated or not, I don't really care about my ratings because at the end of the day I will be playing...with Gods grace...all I can tell Hayden is 'All the best for the next game'. That's the only way I can answer him," Sreesanth said.

Tired of being in the news for the wrong reasons, Sreesanth requested the media to leave him alone.

"The other day my friends were saying I was already making news...That I had a fight with Yuvraj Singh in the dug-out. I was like 'When did that happen?' Sreesanth has already got a bad image, please don't mess it up further. I have not done anything. I have done my very best in the last six or seven months to stay away from all the controversies," he said.

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Sreesanth
by Santhosh S on 2009-05-23 15:26:27.466503+05:30
Sreesanth is a tallented player,he plays in his own style which some don't like,but I like his style of cricket and am praying for him to be back in the Indian side.
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by Thomas K.A. on 2009-05-14 14:26:44.921277+05:30
When Sreesanth came into the cricket team I was proud that one Keralite got an opportunity to prove his worth in the Indian Team. Match after match I watched him on and off the field, saw his gimmicks,tantrums, cursing, spitting and worst of all the angry stare at the star Batsmen frequently I could not believe my eyes. Why is he doing all this, is it attention getting mechanism. Very very cheap! I am flabbergasted. He should not play at all be it Kerala or Indian Team. BCCI should ban him completely. His personal life is too bad either. In Bangalore he created havoc which I know well because I live in Bangalore. He is either eccentric or he requires a psychological corrective method.
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slapgate
by Thakkar on 2009-05-14 12:54:22.790158+05:30
Sreesanth is telling lies. I could see him verbally abuse Hayden when he got out to the bowling of Sreesanth.It appears he deservwed that slap from Bhajji .
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Sreeshant
by Arackal Premchand on 2009-05-14 10:44:45.4164+05:30
Sreeshant has a long way to go. Fame and publicity has come rather easily to him more for his gimmicks and tantrums on the field. It's time for Sreeshant to show some maturity on the field or else he will end up becoming the laughing stock of world cricket.
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Sreesanth - Third Grade Cricketer
by AK on 2009-05-14 10:27:11.990238+05:30
Sreesanth is required to be Life Banned from the Cricket World in any format. He is not a player. I dont' know why Punjab team is letting him play. He is under performer . He is letting the game spirit down. BCCI needs to look into this and make Sreesanth banned in all the formats of cricket. I wish him bad of luck. I dont want to see him more.
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