India bowler Sreesanth charged over cricket spot-fixing

India bowler Sreesanth charged over cricket spot-fixing

The menace of match fixing or spot fixing is really plaguing the once gentleman's game of cricket. Every now and then news of such misdeeds surface leaving a rather bad taste- specially when it involves seasoned and ace cricketers.

Now in a sensational cricket scandal  Indian cricketer S Sreesanth has been charged with 38 other people over a spot-fixing scandal that has rocked the Indian Premier League. They were arrested in May along with scores of bookmakers.

However, Sreesanth and team-mates Ajit Chandila and Ankeet Chavan deny the charges.

Prosecutors brought charges of criminal conspiracy and cheating against Sreesanth, two of his Rajasthan Royals team-mates, and other non-cricketers.

Read more about it at: BBC Sport/Cricket
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