Saturday, 14 September 2013

BCCI imposes life ban on S Sreesanth, Ankeet Chavan

The Board of Control for Cricket in India has imposed a life ban on tainted cricketers S Sreesanth and Ankeet Chavan. Sreesanth and Chavan were found guilty of spot-fixing during IPL 6.

Meanwhile Siddharth Trivedi has been handed a one-year ban while Amit Singh has been banned for five years. In a press statement the BCCI said:

The Disciplinary Committee of the BCCI, comprising Mr. N. Srinivasan, Mr. Arun Jaitley and Mr. Niranjan Shah, enquiring into the allegations of match-fixing against certain players, held a hearing on September in New Delhi.

After considering the evidence on record and hearing each of the Players in person, the Disciplinary Committee has passed the following order:

Mr. Amit Singh is banned for a period of five years from playing any representative Cricket, or in any way being associated with the activities of the BCCI or its affiliates.

The case against Mr. Harmeet Singh has been closed in the absence of evidence against him.

Mr. Siddarth Trivedi is banned for a period of one year from playing any representative Cricket or in any way being associated with the activities of the BCCI or its affiliates.

Mr. Ankeet Chavan is banned for life from playing any representative Cricket, or in any way being associated with the activities of the BCCI or its affiliates.

Mr. S. Sreesanth is banned for life from playing any representative Cricket, or in any way being associated with the activities of the BCCI or its affiliates.

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