Sreesanth Gets Life Ban

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[color=#1C1C1C][color=#4F4D4B][b]13 September 2013[/b][/color]Last updated at 14:48[/color]








[size=4][color=#000000][font=arial, sans-serif][b] Sreesanth: Former India bowler banned for life for spot-fixing[/b]

[color=#1C1C1C]Former India fast bowler S Sreesanth has been banned from cricket for life for spot-fixing.[/color]
[color=#1C1C1C]The 30-year-old, who played 27 Tests for India, was arrested in May on suspicion of fixing in the Indian Premier League (IPL).[/color]
[color=#1C1C1C]He was charged with taking money to concede a pre-determined number of runs in three different IPL matches.[/color]
[color=#1C1C1C]Ankeet Chavan, Sreesanth's team-mate for the Rajasthan Royals, was also banned for life.[/color][/font][/color][/size]
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[size=4][color=#000000][font=arial, sans-serif][background=rgb(245, 245, 245)][b] Sreesanth factfile[/b]

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[color=#1C1C1C][b]Full name: [/b]Shanthakumaran Sreesanth[/color]
[color=#1C1C1C][b]Tests: [/b]27[/color]
[color=#1C1C1C][b]Test record: [/b]87 wickets at 37.59[/color]
[color=#1C1C1C][b]ODIs: [/b]53[/color]
[color=#1C1C1C][b]ODI record: [/b]75 wickets at 33.44[/color]
[color=#1C1C1C][b]T20 internationals: [/b]10[/color]
[color=#1C1C1C][b]T20 record: [/b]7 wickets at 41.14[/color][/background][/font][/color][/size][/indent]

[size=4][color=#000000][font=arial, sans-serif][color=#1C1C1C]No ruling was passed on Ajit Chandila, who was arrested alongside Sreesanth and Chavan, while Amit Singh and Siddharth Trivedi were banned for five years and one year respectively.[/color]
[color=#1C1C1C]Delivering its ruling on Sreesanth, the Board of Control for Cricket in India said: "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."[/color]
[color=#1C1C1C]Right-armer Sreesanth, who has previously played for Warwickshire, made his Test debut against England in Nagpur in 2006 and took 87 Test wickets in a career that ended against the same opponents at The Oval in 2011.[/color]
[color=#1C1C1C]He also played in both the [url="http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/7009035.stm"]World Twenty20 final of 2007[/url] and the [url="http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/9444277.stm"]World Cup final of 2011,[/url] with India successful on both occasions.[/color]
[color=#1C1C1C]However, disciplinary problems were often never far away, most notably in a spat with India off-spinner Harbhajan Singh during the inaugural season of the IPL, which resulted in Harbhajan slapping Sreensanth on the pitch.[/color]
[color=#1C1C1C]Pakistan trio Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir [url="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-15573463"]were jailed[/url] for their part in a spot-fixing scam in the Lord's Test against England in 2010.[/color]
[color=#1C1C1C]Another Pakistan international, Danish Kaneria, [url="http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cricket/18491332"]was banned for life[/url] by the England and Wales Cricket Board for his involvement in the fixing that saw Essex bowler Mervyn Westfield jailed.[/color][/font][/color][/size]

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