5 Spectacular performances by Sreesanth that will make every Keralite proud

#1 5/40 vs SA, 1st Test - Johannesburg (2006)

South Africa has been a pretty special place for Sreesanth. He had a lot of success in the Rainbow Nation.

On his very first tour to South Africa, he became a star. In the first Test of the 2006-07 Test series, India were skittled out for 249 in their first innings. In his comeback game, Sourav Ganguly struck a fighting 51. VRV Singh’s 19-ball 27 helped India get to 249 after they were 205/9.

In reply, South Africa were blown away by a fiery Sreesanth. The Kerala pacer made the ball talk and troubled almost every South African batsman. He first got Graeme Smit out LBW in his very first over. Then there were a couple of similar dismissals as Hashim Amla and Jacques Kallis both were out edging to second slip.

Sreesanth took three of the first four wickets to fall. In the 8th consecutive over of his first spell, he knocked over Mark Boucher before dismissing Shaun Pollock LBW in the next over and completing his five-wicket haul.

Sreesanth bowled 10 overs (taking 5/40) on the trot with the new ball and went on a rampage which blew away the Proteas.

He took three more wickets in the second innings to finish with 8 wickets in the match, helping India register a famous win.