The Supreme Court has agreed to hear on February 5 an appeal filed by cricketer S Sreesanth against a Kerala High Court verdict that restored the life ban imposed on him by the BCCI in the wake of the 2013 IPL spot-fixing scandal. In its appeal, the BCCI had said the decision to ban the cricketer was taken based on the evidence against him. The single-judge bench had on August 7 last year lifted the life ban imposed on him by the BCCI and also set aside all proceedings against Sreesanth initiated by the board. He was part of the Indian team when Mahendra Singh Dhoni's boys won the ICC World T20 back in 2007. The maverick right-arm fast-bowler was also a member of the Indian team that won the ICC World Cup in 2011.

Source: dna February 01, 2018 14:37 UTC