Sreesanth says that he contemplated suicide while in jail

Sreesanth relieved after being exonerated from the 2013 spot-fixing case

Former Indian cricketer S.Sreesanth, who was arrested in 2013 after having been accused of fixing matches and being an acolyte of a cricket betting racket allegedly run by the mafia, recently spoke of the pain and trauma he underwent after being locked up in the infamous Tihar Jail.

Sreesanth said that he had even considered committing suicide, and that only his “devotion” to God had helped him survive the difficult period in his life, as reported by the Times of India:

"Initially I thought about suicide. I could overcome because of my devotion to Lord Ettumanoorappan (Lord Shiva in Kerala's famous Ettumanoor Mahadevar temple) and the support given by my family," Sreesanth said.

Wants to approach the BCCI to lift his life ban

When questioned about his next move, Sreesanth revealed that he had approached the BCCI Secretary Anurag Thakur, and that he would be filing an application soon and was “hopeful” of getting his ban rescinded:

"I have sought an appointment with BCCI Secretary Anurag Thakur. He has told a TV channel that I can file an application requesting to lift the ban.”

"I am hopeful after indication from the higher-ups of the BCCI that it would consider my request. So I want to file an application. I am waiting for his (General Secretary Anurag Thakur) call. I hope the next meeting of the BCCI would take a favourable decision," Sreesanth told the TOI reporters.

When asked if he expected a favourable reply from the BCCI, wherein former Delhi Police Commissioner Neeraj Kumar(who ordered Sreesanth’s arrest) is Chief advisor to the Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU), Sreesanth was rather optimistic:

"After all he is also a human being. He has also got a heart. I don't think he would put any hindrance on my path. Also, BCCI is a body, not an individual," he told the reporters.