As the seven-year ban imposed on him after being accused of involvement in the 2013 IPL spot-fixing scandal nears its end, S Sreesanth revealed the trauma he went through, especially as he was publicly shunned by most of his ex-India teammates during this period. 

Sreesanth, now 37, will be eligible to represent India again after September, which he is quite excited about. 

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"Now, I do speak to many players. I spoke to Sachin (Tendulkar) paaji recently on twitter. Viru (Sehwag) paaji, we keep messaging each other and Gautam (Gambhir), I met him recently," Sreesanth told India Today.

"Publicly, most the players used to avoid me except for Viru bhai, Laxman bhai and just three-four others would stay in touch with me," he added. "I also understood their apprehensions and I also didn’t make an effort to engage with them as there were court proceedings going on against me."

"But then things improved in a couple of years. I met Bhajju pa at the airport not too long ago and I told him when I start playing cricket I will use the bat manufactured by BhajjiSports."

BCCI had imposed a lifetime ban on Sreesanth, which was revoked by the Supreme Court of India late last year, as the apex body asked the board to reconsider the punishment for the pacer. After which, the BCCI Ombudsman reduced the period of the ban to seven years, that concludes in September. 

The dream now is to wear the India jersey once again and make amends for himself in the public eye.

"I hope someday I will be able to play for India again," he said. "World Test Championship excites me and my goal will be to play that. My first target is to get into the Kerala team, and hope to make an impact there." 

"I will go through whatever needs to be done and hopefully, one day I will see myself back in India colours," added Sreesanth. 

(Inputs from India Today)