The Board of Control for Cricket in India on Monday said it will adopt a wait-and-watch policy on pacer Shanthakumaran Sreesanth, whose life ban was lifted by the Kerala high court, even as the cricketer's state association welcomed the reprieve.
Mumbai Indian stand-in captain Harbhajan Singh on Saturday downplayed the controversy regarding him allegedly slapping S Sreesanth to bring the Kings XI Punjab pacer to tears, saying the issue "had been sorted out".
Out-on-bail India pacer S Sreesanth started training for the first time after being embroiled in the spot-fixing scandal and has expressed hope of getting back on to the field soon.
Notwithstanding the verdict of a Delhi court dropping charges against former India pacer Shantakumaran Sreesanth and two other cricketers in the 2013 spot-fixing scandal in the Indian Premier League, the Board of Control for Cricket in India has decided to stick to its ban on the three cricketers for the time being.
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The Supreme Court, on Tuesday, asked the Delhi High Court to decide by July end the appeal challenging a trial court order discharging several cricketers, including S Sreesanth, in the sensational IPL spot-fixing case.
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S Sreesanth will miss this year's Indian Premier League owing to a stress fracture, his IPL team Kings XI Punjab said in Chandigarh on Wednesday.
Recovering from a toe injury, Kerala speedstar Sreesanth is eyeing a successful comeback to competitive cricket with his new IPL team Rajasthan Royals.
The Australia captain claimed S Sreesanth had passed remarks and taunted five batsmen as they stepped in and out of the dressing room during the fourth ODI in Chandigarh.
The Delhi Police, on Thursday, have recovered Rs 5.5 lakh, of the Rs ten lakh that was allegedly paid to cricketer Sreesanth for spot-fixing in an IPL match.
S Sreesanth has been included in India's World Cup squad after fellow-pacer Praveen Kumar was ruled out of the tournament because of an injury.
Temperamental pacer S Sreesanth, who gave away 52 runs in 8 overs in the final of the ICC World Cup against Sri Lanka, on Monday said he was 'not satisfied' with his performance.
Shantakumaran Sreesanth may have missed the cut in the Indian squad for the upcoming World Cup but the Kerala pacer has come in for praise from selection committee chairman K Srikkanth, who has described him as an 'excellent bowler.'
They both have throat infection and are feeling feverish, Indian captain Rahul Dravid said.
An unrepentant India paceman S Sreesanth said he did not get personal with Graeme Smith in the second Test in Durban and he was simply retaliating to the South African captain's taunt that he was not a good bowler.
Kolkata Knight Riders co-owner Juhi Chawla feels the cricket career of S Sreesanth -- one of the three cricketers arrested for alleged role in spot-fixing in the ongoing Indian Premier League -- is over.
Australian captain Adam Gilchrist said some of the altercations on fiel during the second ODI were 'childish'.
The Kerala High Court, on Monday sought the Board of Control for Cricket in India's stand on a plea by cricketer Shanthakumaran Sreesanth challenging the life ban imposed upon him by the game's governing body after detection of the 2013 Indian Premier League-6 spot-fixing scandal.
Indian pacer S Sreesanth was on Wednesday fined 10 per cent of his match fee for breaching ICC Code of Conduct.
India paceman S Sreesanth got into a tiff with the staff of The Hotel Grand Ashok over a noisy air-conditioner in his room.
The fiery Indian pacer said he was not scared of any batsmen or the Australian crowd when the team tours Down Under.
Kings XI Punjab paceman S Sreesanth on Saturday described Mumbai XI stand-in captain Harbhajan Singh's alleged slap as "shake hand on a wrong side" and said he would not file a complaint against him.
Injured pace bowlers RP Singh and S Sreesanth have been asked to go to Kolkata and undergo a fitness test overseen by Indian team physio John Gloster ahead of the second Test against Pakistan
The IPL governing council has suspend the tainted trio of S Sreesanth, Ankeet Chavan and Ajit Chandila from ongoing Indian Premier League.
The Kerala pacer is hoping his performance at the Twenty20 World Cup will earn him a call back to the Indian ODI team.
Out-of-favour seamer Irfan Pathan finds inspiration in S Sreesanth's spectacular return to international cricket and believes he too can claw his way back to the Indian team with some solid performances in domestic cricket.
S Sreesanth is all set to leave Kerala cricket. The cricketer, while speaking to media persons in Kochi, said that he was ill treated by the Kerala Cricket Association authorities and that he is seriously thinking of representing some other state in the Ranji trophy.
Indian pacer S Sreesanth, who is out on bail after being arrested for his allegedly involvement in the IPL spot-fixing case, has said he was confident of getting a clean chit in the case.
Following the spat that occurred between KKR's Gautam Gambhir and RCB's Virat Kohli, and the media comparing the incident to the ill-fated 'slapgate' that involved Mumbai Indians' Harbhajan Singh and pacer S Sreesanth during the first edition of the IPL in 2008, the Kerala pacer has come out with his version of events.
He contemplated "suicide" during his time at Tihar Jail but pacer S Sreesanth is now hoping to sing the redemption song and would approach the BCCI for lifting the life ban imposed on him from playing cricket by the Board.
The minister of state for Human Recourse Development Shashi Tharoor on Sunday said the arrest of Kerala pacer S Sreesanth for alleged spot fixing is "very painful" for cricket fans in the state.
Talking to reporters at a media briefing, 33-year-old Sreesanth said his name has been cleared by the court in a match-fixing case and he is, therefore, not worried about any Opposition attack on him regarding the controversy.
India fast bowler S Sreesanth, 27, recently launched a band, called S-36, with his a few of his family members and friends.
They have been offered players contracts in Group 'C' with a retainership of Rs. 20 lakhs each.
India pacer S Sreesanth was admitted in a city hospital Thursday night. The Kerala speedster remains under doctors' observation following multiple ailments.
Dravid said it will inspire young boys in Kerala to take up the game of cricket.
Lauding the Kerala Cricket Association, Sreesanth said that the KCA was doing well to develop talent.
Injured medium pacer S Sreesanth in all likelihood will miss the first three games of Rajasthan Royals in the fifth edition of Indian Premier League.
Throwing his weight behind tainted India pacer Shantakumaran Sreesanth, Kerala chief minister Oommen Chandy on Sunday said it is "wrong" on the Board of Control for Cricket in India's part to not revoke the ban on the fast bowler after a Delhi Court dropped criminal charges against him in the Indian Premier League spot-fixing scandal in the 2013 edition.
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