India's 2011 World Cup squad members: Where are they now?

15. S Sreesanth

Before the 2011 World Cup, India’s premier bowler Praveen Kumar suffered an injury and got replaced in the squad by S Sreesanth. Kumar’s injury gave Sreesanth an opportunity to become a World Cup winner. Discussing his performance in the tournament, it could be said that the former speedster couldn’t live up to the up to expectations.

In the opening World Cup game against Bangladesh, he was miserable with his disappointing bowling figures of 5-0-53-0. In Ashish Nehra’s absence, he got a chance to feature in playing XI of the final match against Sri Lanka. However, in the colossal game too, he struggled to get any wickets with the ball.

In 2013, he was allegedly involved in a match-fixing scandal along with his Rajasthan Royals (RR) teammates Ajeet Chandila, and Ankeet Chavan. For his involvement in corruption, he also faced a seven-year ban. However, the ban was later lifted. In March 2022, he bid adieu to all forms of cricket as he announced his retirement on Twitter. In May 2022, he contested and lost in the Kerala Assembly election on a Bhartiya Janta Party ticket for the Thiruvananthapuram constituency.

Recently, the pacer played in the US Masters T10 tournament for the Morrisville Unity team. He took nine wickets in seven innings with a decent average of 15.88, given the nature of the format. Notably, he was the third-highest wicket-taker of the event.