Johannesburg, Mar 11: Javagal Srinath's success in the current World Cup is a vindication of not only the fast bowler, who was ignored by selectors for the Champions Trophy, but also of his skipper Sourav Ganguly for having insisted on his recall to the one-day side. And when the veteran seamer modestly said yesterday he did not know what the future had in store for him after his World Cup, Ganguly chipped in to answer on his behalf.
"I would like to sit down and assess," Srinath said when asked whether he wanted to continue playing after the World Cup.
But Ganguly cut him short, not that Srinath minded, to say, "he has not made any plans," thereby hinting he wanted his uncomplaining and unassuming pace spearhead to continue pitching in with match-winning efforts as he did in the Super Six match against Sri Lanka yesterday.
Srinath earned the man-of-the-match award for his 4-35 which saw Sri Lanka crash to its worst ever 183-run defeat to India.
The right-arm medium fast bowler, who is a strict vegetarian, must have been amused by the array of ducks on the scoreboard. Three of his victims -- Marvan Atapattu, Jehan Mubarak and Aravinda de Silva -- were out for ducks while the fourth and perhaps the most prized of them all Sanath Jayasuriya managed 12. Bureau Report