Sreesanth denies wrongdoing in spot-fixing scandal
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May 23, 2013, Thursday
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INDIA'S Shanthakumaran Sreesanth has insisted he is innocent of any wrongdoing in the ongoing spot-fixing scandal and is confident of emerging from the "tough period" with his dignity intact.
The 30-year-old bowler was one of three players, along with 11 bookmakers, arrested last week on suspicion of spot-fixing in the Indian Premier League Twenty20 competition, the claims also earning him an immediate ban from the cricket board.
"I am innocent and have done no wrong. I have never indulged in any spot-fixing and I have always played cricket in the spirit of the game," the paceman said in a statement issued late on Tuesday through his lawyer.
"I have utmost faith in our judicial process and I am confident that with time, I will be proved innocent and my honor and dignity will be vindicated and restored," said the cricketer, who played the last of his 27 tests against England at The Oval, London, in August 2011.
Sreesanth, who is from the south Indian state of Kerala and represented IPL's Rajasthan franchise this season, has been accused of taking money to concede a fixed number of runs in one of his overs during a May 9 match against Kings XI Punjab.
India's film industry has also been pulled into the controversy when Mumbai Police arrested a Bollywood actor, Vindu Dara Singh, on Tuesday for alleged links to a bookmaker.
The 30-year-old bowler was one of three players, along with 11 bookmakers, arrested last week on suspicion of spot-fixing in the Indian Premier League Twenty20 competition, the claims also earning him an immediate ban from the cricket board.
"I am innocent and have done no wrong. I have never indulged in any spot-fixing and I have always played cricket in the spirit of the game," the paceman said in a statement issued late on Tuesday through his lawyer.
"I have utmost faith in our judicial process and I am confident that with time, I will be proved innocent and my honor and dignity will be vindicated and restored," said the cricketer, who played the last of his 27 tests against England at The Oval, London, in August 2011.
Sreesanth, who is from the south Indian state of Kerala and represented IPL's Rajasthan franchise this season, has been accused of taking money to concede a fixed number of runs in one of his overs during a May 9 match against Kings XI Punjab.
India's film industry has also been pulled into the controversy when Mumbai Police arrested a Bollywood actor, Vindu Dara Singh, on Tuesday for alleged links to a bookmaker.
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