Sreesanth apologizes for Twitter outburst

After a series of Twitter rants against the BCCI a couple of days back, pacer S Sreesanth has conveyed his apologies via the same. The 34-year-old was serving a lifetime ban from the sport due to his alleged involvement in a spot fixing scandal. However, he is now set to get a fresh lease of life with the Kerala High Court lifting his ban earlier last week.

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on the contrary has responded by stating that they would appeal the decision made in favor of the tainted Indian bowler.

Overhearing the country’s cricket apex Council, the former Indian fast bowler had taken to Twitter to question their rules in bringing IPL franchises Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals back into the scenario.

His previous tweets

C mon @bcci this is worst u can do to anyone that too who is proven innocent not just once but again and again..don't know why u doing this?

— Sreesanth (@sreesanth36) August 11, 2017

"the board is firm on its zero tolerance policy on corruption and match-fixing," he added.@bcci office?? Then what about csk and Rajasthan?

— Sreesanth (@sreesanth36) August 11, 2017

However moments later, the Kerela-based cricketer seemed to have regretted his own words and expressed his apologies as he said, “@BCCI my eagerness to play representative cricket made me tweet against my Parent body.let me express my regrets…@BCCI let me express my regrets to any ,whom might have been pained by it.”

Apologies in the latest tweets

@BCCI my eagerness to play representative cricket made me tweet against my Parent body.let me express my regrets (Conti…

— Sreesanth (@sreesanth36) August 11, 2017

@BCCI let me express my regrets to any ,whom might have been pained by it.

— Sreesanth (@sreesanth36) August 11, 2017

The pacer is extremely upbeat with the High Court’s ruling and overwhelmed that the ban had been lifted. He plans to play for another six years, until the age of 40.

He also revealed that he would try and represent India in the 2019 World Cup and was targeting a return to the Indian side when they tour South Africa.

This move by the BCCI could be seen coming, given their tolerance policy towards corruption and match-fixing. With no material evidence against the pacer, there is a huge possibility that we will see him back in action soon enough. However, the whole Sreesanth-BCCI saga does not seem to end very soon.