Stop Sreesanth from becoming a Shoiab: Ian

Former Australian captain Ian Chappell has urged the BCCI to discipline the Kerala pacer before he becomes another Shoaib Akhtar.

Describing S Sreesanth as an ‘accident waiting to happen’, former Australian captain Ian Chappell has urged the BCCI to discipline the Kerala pacer before he becomes another Shoaib Akhtar.

“If the BCCI needs any prompting on why they should discipline Sreesanth before he has a major crash, they only have to look at Pakistan’s mishandling of Shoaib Ahktar in his early days,” Chappell was quoted as saying in the ‘cricinfo’.

“The PCB has finally done what it should have a long time ago: brought the malcontent into line with a suspension and serious fine.

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“If this had happened when Shoaib’s erratic behaviour first started to undermine the Pakistan side then he may well have become what he should have been – a match-winning fast bowler – instead of what he has been, a serious disruption to team harmony.”

Chapell said if Sreesanth continued with his aggressive ways one day he would be in serious trouble and the BCCI needed control the bowler.

“Back when I was playing, whenever a fiery red sports car would go whizzing past our team’s more sedate mode of transport, the former Australian wrist-spinner Johnny Martin would say, “there goes an accident waiting to happen”.

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