Thiruvananthapuram: Despite the BCCI imposing him a life ban on spot-fixing charges in the IPL, Indian Test pacer S Sreesanth today said he still hopes to play for the country.Asked about the life ba

New Delhi: Friday the 13th lived up to its reputation. On the same day that the four adult accused in the Delhi gang rape case were given the maximum punishment, those involved in spot-fixing in IPL

The decision of the Indian cricket board’s disciplinary committee to ban cricketers accused in the spot-fixing scandal made it judgment day here in the capital on Friday following a city court sentencing those found guilty in the murderous gangrape of a 23-year-old woman paramedic in December last year to hang till death.

Sreesanth’s reaction to ban from cricket was almost spontaneous — a one-liner in his twitter account. “Been tracking the news channels... Me getting a life ban??!! Very surprising,” Sreesanth posted and soon deleted the tweet.

The lifetime ban on cricketer S. Sreesanth has send a shockwave through the cricket fraternity in Kerala who believe the decision is uncharacteristically harsh. Members of Kerala Cricket Association who had vowed their silent backing to the speedster in wake of the spot-fixing row, refused to comment on the ban.

Even though the Supreme Court had on Thursday postponed a hearing on a BCCI special leave petition by at least two weeks, self-exiled BCCI president N. Srinivasan decided to chair the disciplinary committee meeting here on Friday in an apparent bid to lay the groundwork for the September 29 annual general meeting.

The life ban slapped on promising Mumbai left-arm spinner Ankeet Chavan has left his longtime coach Satish Samant shocked. Chavan has also brought a bad name to Mumbai Cricket Association considering its rich heritage and impressive past record.

Kolkata: Former India captain Sourav Ganguly today felt "sorry" for pace bowler S Sreesanth, who was handed a life ban on charges of spot-fixing in IPL.
"If he has done it, I feel it's the right deci

Having spent sleepless nights ever since his name cropped up in the IPL spot fixing scandal, young left-arm spinner Harmeet Singh finally heaved a sigh of relief on Friday with the disciplinary committee of the BCCI deciding to close the case in the absence of evidence against him.

Bangalore, Sep 14 (PTI) Pacers Praveen Kumar and Irfan Pathan were today ruled out of India A team's unofficial ODI series against the visiting West Indies A side which begins here tomorrow due to in