BCCI cracks whip

Board bans Sudhindra for life, while four others get lesser punishments

The life ban effectively means an end to 28-yearold T.P. Sudhindra's career as he was found guilty of receiving a consideration to spot fix in a domestic game.

Uttar Pradesh left-arm pacer Shalab Srivastava was handed a five-year ban “for agreeing to and negotiating terms to fix a match” while Abhinav Bali (Himachal Pradesh), Amit Yadav (Goa) and Mohnish Mishra (Madhya Pradesh) were banned for a year each “for bringing the game into disrepute through loose talk and unsubstantiated bragging”.

All the five players were exposed in a television programme last month. The punishments came into effect retrospectively, from May 15, the date

The punishments came into effect retrospectively, from May 15, the date on which the IPL governing council first suspended them

on which the Indian Premier League governing council first suspended the five players.

The BCCI committee said that neither Sudhindra nor Srivastava would be entitled to monthly payments, benevolent fund, benefit match or any other facility, nor can they hold positions in any cricket association affiliated to the BCCI for the period of their bans.