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After being found guilty in the IPL spot fixing case, Rajasthan Royals cricketers S Sreesanth and Ankeet Chavan have been banned for life, while Amit Singh for 5 years and Siddharth Trivedi for 1 year by the BCCI on Friday. Spinner Harmeet Singh has been acquitted by the BCCI's disciplinary panel and Ajit Chandila's case will be taken up later.

Former IPL chairman Lalit Modi has been banned for life on charges of financial irregularities in IPL and barred from holding any position in Indian cricket, the BCCI said after its Special General Meeting in Chennai on Wednesday. Earlier, the Supreme Court had dismissed Modi's plea for stay on the meeting. Modi can, however, challenge the BCCI decision in court.

Rajasthan high court on Thursday ordered a stay order over the ban imposed on former IPL chairman Lalit Modi by BCCI. The board had, on Sept-25, restrained Modi from taking part in any of the board decisions of the committee or any of its member units, constituents and affiliates. The next hearing is after four weeks.

In a major setback to BCCI president N Srinivasan, a Jaipur court on Friday, asked the police to file an FIR and investigate allegations of match-fixing against him and his son-in-law Gurunath Meiyappan (former CSK team principal). The complaints were filed on Oct 26 and Oct 28 for an IPL match played on May 12 between CSK and RR.

Following the spot-fixing scandal that surfaced in IPL-6, BCCI has decided to ban cheerleaders in IPL-7, said BCCI Vice President Ravi Savant. According to Savant, a committee formed by BCCI has recommended a total of ten changes to be implemented from IPL-7 onwards. The committee was asked to suggest steps to prevent incidents like spot fixing in the T20 tournament.