Images from the Indian Premier League match between Rajasthan Royals and Chennai Super Kings in Jaipur, on Sunday.
The drama surrounding the spot-fixing scam that hit the sixth edition of IPL 6 continues. A flashback of how events unfolded in the episode.
Board of Control for Cricket in India's anti-corruption chief Ravi Sawani has resigned citing personal reasons.
Justice (retd) Sudhir Nanavati, who headed the 'slapgate' inquiry, contradicted S Sreesanth's claim that he was elbowed by Harbhajan Singh in the 2008 IPL incident, saying the pacer was indeed slapped by his then India teammate.
Off-spinner Harbhajan Singh has refused to comment on his former India teammate S Sreesanth's claim that the 2008 IPL season 'slapgate' incident was pre-planned and he was wrongly made the villain of the whole controversy.
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The shadow of IPL spot-fixing might still be looming large but Rajasthan Royals skipper Rahul Dravid feels his team has "moved on."
A Delhi court's verdict dropping all charges against former India paceman S Sreesanth, Ankeet Chavan and Ajit Chandila in the 2013 IPL spot-fixing scandal has brought back the spotlight on former Delhi Police Commissioner Neeraj Kumar.
Former India captain Sourav Ganguly has felt "sorry" for pace bowler S Sreesanth, who was handed a life ban on charges of spot-fixing in IPL.
The CCTV footage of a five-star hotel in Chandigarh on May 9, when Rajasthan Royals beat Kings XI Punjab in a IPL T20 match, shows disgraced players S Sreesanth and Ankeet Chavan virtually awake all night walking the hotel's corridor outside their room.
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The ICC on Sunday assured "full support" and welcomed the steps announced by the BCCI to deal with the spot-fixing issue that has rocked the Indian Premier League following the arrest of three cricketers including pacer S Sreesanth.
Deepak Prakash tells Harish Kotian he is convinced that the Delhi Police was wrong in arresting S Sreesanth on charges of spot-fixing in the IPL.
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.
Rajasthan Royals player, S Sreesanth, who was held on Thursday and sent to police custody for five days, reportedly told the police during interrogation that his friend and bookie Jiju Janardhan had led him into doing wrong.
Incensed over the spot-fixing controversy following the arrest of Indian speedster S Sreesanth and two of his Rajasthan Royals teammates, the Janata Dal United on Thursday demanded a ban on the Indian Premier League, saying it is all about "business and not sports".
Arrested Indian pacer S Sreesanth and 13 others, including two other cricketers of Rajasthan Royals franchise, were on Thursday sent to police custody for five days by a court in New Delhi to be quizzed in connection with the IPL spot-fixing scandal case.
Spot-fixing is venom that has infested cricket for nearly four years now and it reared its ugly head again on Wednesday. This time, it is an Indian Premier League match is at the centre of a storm, with Rajasthan Royal players S Sreesanth, Ajit Chandila and Ankeet Chavan arrested by Delhi Police for their involvement in Spot-fixing. Rediff.com brings you history of Spot-fixing.
Rajasthan Royals player Ankeet Chavan's house wore a deserted look on Thursday morning. His parents refused to comment on his alleged role in the spot-fixing scandal that hit the cash-rich Indian Premier League on Wednesday.
The deal was for the trio -- Sreesanth bowls medium space; Chavan is a left-arm spinner; Chandilya is an off-spinner -- to bowl wides and no-balls.
The police allege that a deal was struck for Wednesday's game between the Rajasthan Royals and the Mumbai Indians -- to allow 20 runs in an over.
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.
Tainted India cricketer S Sreesanth, who was arrested a couple of weeks back for his alleged role in the spot-fixing scandal, was sent to judicial custody on Tuesday. A Delhi court refused the police's plea for the pacer's custody for two more days following which he was sent to judicial custody till June 4.
Tushar, an 8th grader of Air Force Bal Bharti School, questioned his cricketing idol about his actions.
Kerala Cricket Association on Wednesday said it was premature to say whether pacer S Sreesanth, one of the accused in the IPL spot-fixing scandal, was guilty or not as a probe is currently going on into the whole issue.
Disgraced pacer S Sreesanth bought designer clothes worth Rs 1.95 lakh in Mumbai in a single day and gifted a costly smartphone to his girlfriend using the money he allegedly got from spot-fixing in IPL matches, Delhi Police claimed.
The debacles of the past year and a half would weigh heavy on the national selectors when they meet in Mumbai on Sunday to pick the squad for the eagerly-awaited Test series against Australia with the form of key players being a massive concern.
Rajasthan Royals captain Rahul Dravid said that tough situations is a test of character for top teams and he expects that his boys would also overcome the current crisis that has rocked cricket world after S Sreesanth and two other players arrests for alleged role in spot-fixing.
It's been quite a while S Sreesanth donned national colours. The Kerala-born bowler, who turned 30 on Wednesday, played the last of his 27 Tests against England in August 2011 the fourth Test at The Oval.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India on Friday said that it is doing its bit to curb the menace of corruption in the game but it has its own limitations and one should not question the credibility of the Indian Premier League due to the latest spot-fixing scandal.
S Sreesanth's lawyer, Deepak Prakash maintains that the Rajasthan Royals pacer is innocent and was picked up wrongly by the police.
S Sreesanth had attempted to self-destruct his career many times, but without much success. This time, however, he seems bang on!
Now that spot-fixing has shown its ugly face yet again, leading to the arrest of three cricketers, rediff.com takes a look at how S Sreesanth, Ajit Chandila and Ankeet Chavan performed in the matches they featured in.
The Delhi police on Thursday explained in detail, with the use of vide footage, how S Sreesanth, Ajit Chandila and Ankeet Chavan allegedly carried out spot-fixing during the ongoing Indian Premier League.
Shocked by the arrest of her son on the charges of spot fixing in the ongoing Indian Premier League, cricketer S Sreesanth's mother Savithridevi said "my son will never betray cricket".
Out-of-favour for One-Day Internationals, Virender Sehwag was named captain of Rest of India for the Airtel Irani Cup match against Ranji Trophy champions Mumbai, at the Wankhede stadium, from February 6 to 10. A significant development was that of out-of-form opener Gautam Gambhir not being named in any of the squads.
Temperamental pacer S Sreesanth landed in controversy on Wednesday after a co-passenger on a Bangalore-Delhi flight accused the cricketer of "boorish behaviour" on board the aircraft.
Rajasthan Royals batsman Owais Shah, who is yet to play his first game in IPL 6, has said that his team's strike bowler S Sreesanth was fine and raring to go after he created a fresh stir by rekindling the 'slapgate' controversy.
In 2007, Kumble achieved the feat in the final Test of the three-match series against England.
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