Shanthakumaran Sreesanth has been in a state with earnestness that he is innocent of any wrongdoing in the continuing without termination spot-fixing scandal at the same time showcasing confidence of emerging from the "tough period" while battling sustaining his dignity intact in it's place
Now, furthering with actual incident that the 30-year-old bowler was one of three players, along with 11 bookmakers have been seized by legal authority last week on suspicion of spot-fixing in the Indian Premier League (IPL) Twenty20 competition, the declaration also earning him an immediate suspension from the cricket board.
Even though, Sreesanth was found to have told through his lawyer that he is innocent as well that he had committed nothing wrong as because he never engaged in any spot-fixing at the same time he have always played cricket in the spirit of the game. While as a cricketer, he had learnt to take knocks along with accolades in his impatience and that he had recognized that he is going through a tough period in his life.
Interestingly spoken out he mentioned, that he is having utmost faith in the judicial process and he is confident that with time, he will be proved innocent in addition to his honour and dignity will be claimed as well as reestablished.
Sreesanth was known to have played the last of his 27 tests against England at The Oval in Aug. 2011 hails from the south Indian state of Kerala and represented IPL’s Rajasthan franchise this season, has been blamed with crime of taking money to grant a fixed number of runs in one of his overs during a May 9 match against Kings XI Punjab.
Bollywood actor - Vindu Dara Singh
As a matter prominent fact, legal sports betting in India is confined to horse racing, while illegal gambling syndicates thrive in the absence of a law dealing specifically with such corruption in sport. Creating intense disgust, media estimation placed the amount gambled on India’s top Twenty20 competition at $427 million in 2009 while the India’s film industry has also been dragged into the controversy when Mumbai Police arrested a Bollywood actor, Vindu Dara Singh, on Tuesday for gaining clue against him while also rising with the fact he had suspected links with the bookmaker.
Finally, the matter of fact remain here that after being declared to have committed the wrongdoing now is it fair enough to try to defend oneself ?
If dignity happen to be that important then the action must justify that, or else it becomes just for mere namesake!
It's a disgrace for cricketing world!
Content Source:Khaleej Times
Image Source:Sreesanth and Vindu Dara Singh
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