Ankeet Chavan, the left-arm spinner who was involved in the 2013 IPL spot-fixing scandal, has been formally cleared by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) to resume competitive cricket.

HIGHLIGHTS

• BCCI lifted ban on former Mumbai left-arm spinner Ankeet Chavan
• Ankit Chavan was involved in the IPL spot-fixing scandal in 2013
• Ankit Chavan received the mail from the Board on Tuesday evening.

Former Mumbai left-arm spinner Ankit Chavan, who was involved in the IPL spot-fixing scandal in 2013 along with S Sreesanth, has been formally cleared by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) to resume competitive cricket.

Confirming the development, Chavan told PTI that he received the mail from the Board on Tuesday evening.

Last year, the BCCI’s Ombudsman Justice (Retd) DK Jain had reduced the quantum of sentence for both Sreesanth and Chavan to seven years from the life ban imposed by the BCCI.

While the copy of the order regarding Sreesanth had arrived even before his ban ended in September 2020, Chavan had to wait till May 3 to get his order. Earlier in the month, Chavan had urged the Mumbai Cricket Association to write to the BCCI to give him the clearance letter.

With charges of match-fixing in IPL 2013, Sreesanth was slapped with a lifetime ban by the BCCI. However, with his ban period getting reduced to 7 years, the pacer is back representing his state team Kerala in the ongoing Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy.