KOCHI: At 36,
S Sreesanth knows he is well past the prime age of a fast bowler but he doesn't want to look far ahead.
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"I need to be realistic. Though I have been practising for a while, it is very different from playing competitive cricket. I just hope that they (BCCI) don't take these 90 days (the time the court has given for the
BCCI to reconsider the punishment) to arrive at a decision. I will write a letter to BCCI once I read the final order requesting them to just allow me to play club cricket. Only when I get to play will I know where I stand,"
Sreesanth told TOI.
The pacer admits that with growing age his reflexes may have come down but draws inspiration from tennis star
Leander Paes and former India teammate Ashish Nehra.
Sreesanth being welcomed by his family at their house in Kochi on Friday after the Supreme Court verdict. (TOI Photo)"I got a knock on the head while playing with kids in Mumbai. I think it had a lot to do with my slow reflexes. But I guess age is all in the mind. Leander won a Grand Slam at 42. Ashish bhai (Nehra) was bowling till he was 38. I was never short on confidence and haven't lost it still.
"I am not competing with anyone nor am I eyeing an India spot now. But I firmly believe I still have years left in me as a cricketer," the pacer explained.