The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected ex-Indian cricket team player S Sreesanth’s plea for being allowed to play the English County this season, but asked Delhi High Court to decide by July an appeal challenging a trial court order discharging several cricketers, including him, in the sensational IPL spot-fixing case. As many as 36 accused in the spot-fixing case, including Sreesanth, Chavan and Chandila, were let-off by a Patiala House court in July, 2015. The Delhi Police had later challenged the Patiala High Court decision in the Delhi High Court. “We will ask the Delhi High Court to decide the appeal by end of July. A division bench of the high court had later restored the ban on a petition filed by the BCCI against the single-judge bench’s order.

Source: Hindustan Times May 15, 2018 13:18 UTC