10 Instances when players got banned/suspended for various reasons in this decade
With growing competition and money, many players were lured towards the wrong side of the sport in this decade.
S Sreesanth
In 2013, S Sreesanth, Ankeet Chavan, and Ajit Chandila were arrested on the grounds of spot-fixing during the IPL. The trio had been accused to have done fixing in multiple games, as well as to be involved in betting. For instance, Sreesanth was accused of accepting Rs 10 lakhs to concede 14 runs in the second over of the match between KXIP and RR.
Amidst all this, the speedster continued to defend himself, saying that he was innocent and not involved in all of this. However, N Srinivasan, the president of BCCI, handed him and Ankeet Chavan with a lifetime ban.
In 2019, the Supreme Court ruled out the BCCI disciplinary committee’s orders and shortened Sreesanth’s ban. He became eligible to play cricket this year and reportedly had started training as well. However, he hasn’t made his comeback officially to the game at any stage yet.
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