Five Cricketers found guilty of Spot fixing

Mumbai. Five domestic cricketers, allegedly caught red handed by a News Channel’s sting operation have been banned by the Board of Control for Cricket in India on the basis of an inquiry.
Highest wicket taker of Ranji Trophy TP Sudhindra gets the harshest sentence, banned for life. The decision to ban the players was taken by the BCCI’s Disciplinary Committee, headed by its President N Srinivasan, which met here to discuss the report submitted by the Board’s Anti-Corruption Unit chief Ravi Sawani, who probed into the matter after an expose by a TV channel sting operation.
Shalabh Srivastava was banned for five years while Mohnish Mishra, Amit Yadav and Abhinav Bali were banned for a year each.
Sudhindra became the third Indian cricketer to be banned for life by the BCCI.
“The Committee held Sudhindra guilty of actually receiving a consideration to spot-fix in a domestic cricket match, and hence imposed exemplary penalty on him. Sudhindra has been debarred for life, from playing any cricket matches conducted or authorised by the ICC or BCCI, or any affiliated unit of the BCCI,” the Board said in a statement.