On the first day of the opening Test at Lord's, S Sreesanth looked totally out of sorts with the ball constantly drifting to the leg side, offering easy meat for the batsmen to cash in. But there was visible improvement on the second day with the Kerala paceman running in with lot of purpose to grab three wickets to trigger an England collapse.

Sreesanth said watching Sourav Ganguly bowl helped him to bring about the turnaround. "I was standing at fine leg on the first day after my first spell and I saw Sourav Ganguly bowling and it really inspired me because he was just hitting the right areas. He got the first wicket and he showed us the way. I am thankful to him to be really honest," Sreesanth said.

Sreesanth dismissed Matt Prior, Chris Tremlett and Monty Panesar in quick succession to prevent England from hitting up a big total. "I think the main thing was that the confidence level was much higher today. I took it very simple. I told myself that I would be myself rather than thinking too much about the game and trying too hard. I said I would just keep it simple and bowl in the right areas," he added.

"I started bowling like Sreesanth the moment I bowled the seventh over, that is the first over of my second spell. The only thing I focused was on hitting the right areas, making the ball move and trying to take it away from the batsmen. That is exactly what I followed even today (Friday)," he said.

The 24-year old also credited bowling coach Venkatesh Prasad for helping to get out of the bad phase on the first day.

"Venky has always helped us. He is someone who gives us the report as to where you have to bowl and where you are going wrong. He is doing a great job and it really helped me. During the rain delay, he was telling me not to lose focus, be up there and keep coming hard," he said.

On the dramatic dismissal of Kevin Pietersen, Sreesanth said, "The reaction was very simple. If we got him once, we were very sure we will get him twice. It is simple, if you can get someone out once, you can get him out twice also," Sreesanth said.

Sreesanth also praised his partner Zaheer Khan for making a fine comeback. "Yes, the conditions were different. There was more moisture in the air and I think that was a bit of difference. But I think the main thing was that we both hit the right areas and that made the difference," Sreesanth said.