S Sreesanth predicts how many World Cups India would have won if he played under Virat Kohli

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Former Indian pacer S Sreesanth is now retired from professional cricket after a brief comeback to the sport from his ban that kept him out of cricket for almost a decade. In the Ranji Trophy, he played the final few matches for the Kerala domestic side. Still, he failed to feature in the definitive list of the IPL Auctions on a couple of occasions, whereas he was never in sight for a Team India recall. Thus, the 39-year-old is now venturing into the entertainment industry. Meanwhile, he has made a bold prediction about how many World Cups India would have won had he featured for the side led by Virat Kohli.

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During an interaction on the ShareChat Audio Chatroom, Sreesanth reported, “If I had been a part of the team under Virat’s captaincy, India would have won the World Cup in 2015, 2019 & 2021. Notably, Sreesanth won the ICC World Cup in 2011, and recalling the same, he phrased, “We won that World Cup for Sachin Tendulkar.”

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Sreesanth was known for his fierce, fast bowling, occasionally accompanied by lethal yorkers. He revealed his bowling: “It is important to visualize while playing, and small regions [his hometown of Kothamangalam] do not make any difference. Rather, it is better to learn such tricks here, given a few distractions [in other big cities]. My coach taught me how to throw Yorkers with tennis balls. If you ask [Jsprit] Bumrah, he’ll say it is easy too.”