"My favourite one is my horse dance in South Africa after I hit Andre Nel for a six. I actually wanted to hit him for a six and after I really did, I couldn't control myself."
NAGPUR: Fast bowler Sreekumaran Sreesanth revealed that reading, writing and listening to music every day helps him to stay focused on his game.
"I am like just another guy. I write my diary every day, listen to music and read books every day," Sreesanth said Saturday after a practice session at the Vidarbha Cricket Association (VCA) ground on the eve of the sixth one-day international between India and Australia.
"These things help me stay focused despite all odd things written about me almost every day.
"I try to switch off after a match and that also helps me relax. I pray to god every day as I come from a very religious family," said the 24-year-old fast bowler, who is the second Kerala player, after Tinu Youhanan, to represent India.
Sreesanth, who didn't play in the last two matches, added: "I think my performance in this series has been good. I have picked up eight wickets in the series and felt bad when Mitchell Johnson surpassed me with his ninth wicket in the last match. I have been rested for the last two matches, but I don't ask for the reason."
Australian fast bowler Dennis Lillee has been the biggest influence in Sreesanth's life.
"He has been my role model. I was lucky to work with him when I was a trainee at the MRF Pace Academy. I read his autobiography 'Dennis the Menace' and tried to learn from it."
"In his book he wrote 'if I bowl well on a day I don't get back into the dressing room with my chest out as if I am the best bowler in the world. Or if I bowl badly the next day I don't walk back in the dressing room with my shoulders drooped as if I am the most useless player in the team'. That's how I see myself," said Sreesanth.
On his on-field antics that have put him in the spotlight, Sreesanth said: "They are all spontaneous and not pre-planned. That is how I enjoy my game."
"My favourite one is my horse dance in South Africa after I hit Andre Nel for a six. I actually wanted to hit him for a six and after I really did, I couldn't control myself."
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