Turbinator
Cricketer Of The Year
With all these Sreesanth avatars we should start a Sreesanth Appreciation Society
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With all these Sreesanth avatars we should start a Sreesanth Appreciation Society
Langeveldt
Soutie
You must be mad, I'd have an SA win at about 5% at the momentsilentstriker said:
silentstriker
The Wheel is Forever
You forget, I'm a cynical perssimistic bastard. I have no faith in Indian bowling.Langeveldt said:
silentstriker
The Wheel is Forever
He may in fact turn out to be a very average bowler. However, he did bowl above average. With that said, SA do have to take a lot of the blame for some of the shots they played, as well as some of the lengths that they've bowled.haroon510 said:
They know India has problems with short bowling, but they were just putting it short way too often instead of using the pitch and bowling a fuller length.
silentstriker
The Wheel is Forever
But yes, Asif and Akhtar are clearly much better and SA would need to improve significantly or they'll lose at home.haroon510 said:
BoyBrumby
Englishman
Caught a little bit of the game today between the football & Xmas shopping (
) & three things struck me:
1) I was initially surprised that this will/might be India's first test win in SA, but when I thought about it less so as obviously India wouldn't have been overly welcome prior to SA's ban;
2) Sreesanth enthusiastically crosssing himself. I presume he's Catholic?; &
3) How long can Fat Gray survive? He's just in woeful form at the moment. I'm not a fan of his, but even I'm starting to feel for the bloke.
) & three things struck me:1) I was initially surprised that this will/might be India's first test win in SA, but when I thought about it less so as obviously India wouldn't have been overly welcome prior to SA's ban;
2) Sreesanth enthusiastically crosssing himself. I presume he's Catholic?; &
3) How long can Fat Gray survive? He's just in woeful form at the moment. I'm not a fan of his, but even I'm starting to feel for the bloke.
silentstriker
The Wheel is Forever
He's from the south, and there is a large Christian population there, but I believe he is Hindu.BoyBrumby said:
nightprowler10
Global Moderator
Why would he cross himself then?silentstriker said:
silentstriker
The Wheel is Forever
I've never seen Hindu's do it in the part of India where I grew up. But South India is quite different, and there is a lot of Christian influence there...and Hinduism is also a very varied religion so I am not sure what meaning it holds for him and his particular sect. But I am fairly sure he is not Christian. I'm not a religious guy, so someone who knows more might be able to clarify (or I might be wrong and he might be Christian, but I doubt it).BoyBrumby said:
Turbinator
Cricketer Of The Year
Yeah it could be anything... he might even have unofficially adopted the Catholic religion.BoyBrumby said:
silentstriker
The Wheel is Forever
silentstriker
The Wheel is Forever
Something more interesting to me is that he was a national break dancing champion when he was in the 8th grade. That either shows how good of a dancer he is, or how dire the break dancing competition in India is.
PhoenixFire
International Coach
Yeah read about that in TWC, funny stuffsilentstriker said:Something more interesting to me is that he was a national break dancing champion when he was in the 8th grade. That either shows how good of a dancer he is, or how dire the break dancing competition in India is.
nightprowler10
Global Moderator
I once saw one on TV when I was still in Pakistan. It was quite impressive actually.silentstriker said:Something more interesting to me is that he was a national break dancing champion when he was in the 8th grade. That either shows how good of a dancer he is, or how dire the break dancing competition in India is.
silentstriker
The Wheel is Forever
Yea. One of the many thousands of Gods. That actually shows that he's from the south.BoyBrumby said:
Possibly. But like I said, there is a strong Christian influence in the South, and its quite possible that Catholocism has some influence.BoyBrumby said:
not exactly...guruvayoor is a very famous hindu temple in kerala where he hails from and guruvayoorappan(the presiding deity in the temple, so to speak) is lord vishnu of the holy hindu trinity of brahma(creator), vishnu(preserver), and shiva(destroyer)...the name shanthakumaran sreesanth is a typical hindu name...kerala is the state that has the highest % of christian population in india so he might have got that gesture from christian friends or something or maybe he is the product of a mixed marriage, not sure about that...silentstriker said: