This is intriguing. Former firebrand Indian fast bowler Shanthakumaran Sreesanth may be a BJP candidate in the coming Kerala assembly elections, says this report. If the temperamental former cricketer agrees, he'll certainly need no introduction to the electorate.

Angry and idiosyncratic, Sreesanth broke into the Indian team in 2006, but could never really establish a fixed spot. On his best day, he could be a match-winner, pitching the ball on a perfect seam and nipping out batsmen. One such day came in a Test in Johannesburg in 2006, when his 5/40 reduced South Africa to 84 all out.

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Coincidentally, it was in the same Test match that his impetuous nature also came to the fore in a hilarious moment that continues to be endlessly replayed. After Andre Nel bounced Sreesanth and sledged him for not having any heart, the Kerala speedster furiously charged down the ground, hit Nel over his head for six and then ran to the other end, manically swinging his bat while gyrating his hips.

Indian cricket fans also fondly remember Sreesanth as the man who took the catch to dismiss Misbah-ul-Haq in that famous final in the 2007 World Twenty20 to bring India the trophy, but the Kerala speedster was a key component of that victorious campaign. Against Australia in the semi-final, he took the all-important wickets of Adam Gilchrist and Matthew Hayden to end Australia's sojourn.

But all these good performances were washed away by a series of misdemeanours. In the inaugural edition of the Indian Premier League in 2008, television viewers were shocked to see an inconsolable Sreesanth crying on the fielde after his team Kings XI Punjab had won against Mumbai Indians. It later emerged that the former Mumbai Indians captain Harbhajan Singh had slapped him for a stray comment.

But what followed was worse. In 2013, Sreesanth and two of his Rajasthan Royals team-mates were arrested by the Delhi Police in Mumbai on charges of spot-fixing. He supposedly even confessed, but then said he was forced to make his confession statement. He was summarily banned for life by the BCCI, and though he was exonerated from all charges by the Patiala House Court in Delhi, his ban from cricket continues. Maybe that's why he's considering a second innings in politics.