Except for a couple of cricketers like Sehwag-Laxman, the rest avoided talking to me in public.

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Former Indian cricketer Sreesanth, who was involved in the IPL-2016 fixing scandal, said, "After the controversy, most Indian cricketers avoided talking to me in public." He added that Virender Sehwag and VVS There are only a couple of players, including Laxman, who have been by my side in difficult times.

Sreesanth was banned for life by the BCCI. However, in August 2016, BCCI's Ombudsman Justice D.K. Jain had reduced his ban to seven years. According to which, from September, 2020, he will be eligible to return. "Now I am talking to all the players," Sreesanth said. Recently I spoke to Sachin Tendulkar on Twitter. I keep in touch with Virender Sehwag. Gambhir I met recently.

"During my difficult days, most of the players avoided talking to me in public," added Kerala cricketer Sreesanth. Only Virrubhai and Lakshmanbhai supported me. Apart from this there were three or four other players who were in regular contact with me. I understood their feelings and since the court proceedings were going on I did not want to go near them and put them in trouble. However the situation has improved in the last few years.

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