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Season 12 of popular Indian reality show Bigg Boss has provided several headlines pertaining to sport owed largely to the presence of one S Sreesanth in the household. The tainted former India fast bowler has shared several details of his tumult-ridden times in the sport with fellow Bigg Boss inmates, but the latest outpour of emotion is sure to gain a lot of eyeballs.
In a shocking revelation, Sreesanth has said he contemplated committing suicide after the infamous IPL spot-fixing scandal which eventually consumed his cricket career.
The episode aired on Monday, 26 November, saw the now 35-year-old break down after claiming innocence in a conversation with fellow contestants.
A long-drawn saga ever since the spot-fixing scandal broke out during IPL 2013 has ebbed largely against Sreesanth, with the Supreme Court bar him from playing professional cricket in any other country, having earlier already imposed a life-ban on the once-promising fast bowler.
Sreesanth was one of three cricketers banned for life (the others being Ajit Chandila and Ankeet Chavan) after a spot-fixing incident during a match between Rajasthan Royals and Chennai Super Kings was spotted by anti-corruption officials during the sixth season of the IPL.
Sreesanth – who took 169 wickets in 90 international appearances across formats over the course of a six-year India career – couldn’t keep his emotions in check while stating his dismay at even being barred from entering a cricket field in his life.
A small clipping of the episode was released on Colors TV’s social handles, and their post on Instagram elicited a somewhat distasteful response from Raj Kundra. In a now-removed reply, the banned ex-Rajasthan Royals owner commented with a laughing emoticon followed by “Epic”, effectively laughing off Sreesanth’s claims.
In a separate thread on Twitter, Sreesanth’s wife, Bhuvneshwari, retaliated to Kundra’s comments.
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