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IPL spot-fixing probe Live: Rajasthan Royals suspend contracts of tainted trio

May 20, 2013

Tracking the latest developments in the wake of the arrest of Rajasthan Royals players S Sreesanth, Ankeet Chavan and Ajit Chandilia for spot fixing. #Sports #Cricket #Rajasthan Royals #IPL #Sreesanth #Spot fixing #Ankit Chavan #IPL 2013 #Ajit Chandilia
IPL spot fixing: Cops recover Rs 20 lakh from Chandila, detain another bookie

May 20, 2013

"The players were under contract with the Rajasthan Royals and so they have filed a case against them. It is part of the case we have already registered," Delhi police commissioner SN Srivastava said. #Sports #NewsTracker #Delhi Police #IPL spot-fixing #S Sreesanth #IPL 6 #Ajit Chandila #Ankeet Chavan
If charges true, it's sad for the game: Preity Zinta

May 20, 2013

Leading actor and Punjab XI's co-owner Preity Zinta is shaken by the spot-fixing scandal to hit the Indian Premier Legaue (IPL) and says if the charges of spot-fixing are true, it would be bad for the game. #BuzzPatrol #Preity Zinta #Sreesanth

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Five steps to becoming a successful spot-fixer!

May 19, 2013

Rajyasree Sen's five-point plan on how to be a successful spot-fixer and not get caught. #Sports #Cricket #IPL #Sreesanth #Satire #IPL spot-fixing scandal
It's 2013, but has IPL learnt its lessons?

Apr 16, 2013

The exemplary camaraderie and friendship among international cricketers these days has been born and brought up by the Indian Premier League. But the not so exemplary Slapgates and Sweargates have also been created by the IPL. #Indian Premier League #Gautam Gambhir #Virat Kohli #Sreesanth #IPL 6 #IPL6 Fan Blogs
India needs to hunt in pairs, not crib over injuries

Aug 09, 2011

A Test match may be all about individual sessions, but in the ultimate analysis, it's the team effort that counts. For that, more than just one player needs to step up. #Harbhajan Singh #India-England series #Sreesanth #Graeme Swann #TheBigSeries #Rahul Dravid

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Sreesanth fast losing sympathy in Kerala

2013-05-17 08:49:00

KOCHI: In just 24 hours of S Sreesanth's arrest for spot-fixing, the initial shock and all-round disbelief has gone out of the window and more and more people in his home state appear to be turning away from the temperamental fast bowler. Spot-fixing in #S Sreesanth #New Delhi #Harbhajan Singh
Times of India
Did Dravid sniff Sreesanth's conspiracy?

2013-05-19 19:37:00

JAIPUR: Did Rajasthan Royals have an inkling about Sreesanth's activities long before Delhi cops knocked on the pacer's door at a Mumbai hotel? Team sources said skipper Rahul Dravid didn't want the pacer to play against Punjab in Mohali on May 9. But Sr #Mumbai Indians #S Sreesanth #Delhi Daredevils
Times of India
Pacer Sreesanth's plea for FIR disposed

2013-05-20 13:24:00

NEW DELHI: The plea of arrested Indian pacer S Sreesanth that he be provided with a copy of the FIR of the IPL spot-fixing scandal case was on Monday disposed of by a Delhi court as his lawyer did not turn up to pursue it. "No one present on behalf of th #S Sreesanth #New Delhi #Rajasthan Royals

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