India player Dinesh Karthik has downplayed S Sreesanth’s allegation that claimed the wicket-keeper batsman was the reason behind Sreesanth’s ouster from Team India. In an interview with The Hindu, Dinesh Karthik replied on S Sreesanth’s allegation and said, it would be silly to react on the allegation.

“Yes, I have heard about S. Sreesanth’s comments that I was responsible his ouster from the Indian team. Even to react to an allegation like that will be silly,” Dinesh Karthik told The Hindu.

Earlier S Sreesanth, in an interview with The Indian Express, had said that Dinesh Karthik had complained about abusing N Srinivasan by the pacer. Sreesanth, however, also said that he was not named in the India squad for the Champions Trophy 2013 because of this complaint.

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“That evening Champions Trophy probables was announced and I wasn’t there. Only reason was that complaint. DK, if you are reading this, what you did to me and my family is unforgivable. Next year Kerala plays Tamil Nadu, you know what’s going to happen, god bless you,” Sreesanth has told The Indian Express.

Sreesanth’s life ban for the alleged spot-fixing during the Indian Premier League (IPL) in 2013 has been reduced to seven years by the Supreme Court, which will end on September 2020. The 36-year-old speedster has played 27 Tests, 53 One Day Internationals and 10 Twenty20 Internationals for India so far where he has claimed 169 wickets across formats. He last played for India back in 2011 and was a part of the ICC World Cup squad.