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    "editor1": "<p><strong>New Delhi, Jan 30 (CRICKETNMORE):<\/strong>&nbsp; Former cricketer S. Sreesanth on Wednesday told the Supreme Court that he initially confessed to the Special Cell of Delhi Police about his alleged involvement in the 2013 IPL spot-fixing scandal to escape continuous police torture.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>The former cricketer, who was banned for life for his alleged involvement in spot-fixing, told a bench of Justice Ashok Bhushan and Justice K.M. Joseph that the bookie tried to drag him in the spot-fixing but he did not fall for it.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>To buttress his point, Sreesanth&#39;s lawyer read the Malayalam transcript of the alleged telephonic conversation he had with a bookie.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>The court sought BCCI&#39;s response on this conversation and some documents relied upon by the former cricketer now faced with a life ban from the cricket field.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Saying that it was a fact that Sreesanth used a towel during the match, which many other players also do, senior counsel Salman Khurshid, appearing for Sreesanth, told the bench that too much was being read into it.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Asking why did he not inform the apex cricket board about being contacted by a bookie, the court said that there was no doubt that his conduct was bad.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Sreesanth has moved the top court challenging the Kerala High Court order upholding the life-time ban on him by the Board of Control for Cricket in India.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>The BCCI had on May 15 last year opposed the plea by Sreesanth seeking a relaxation of the ban on him so that he could play in county cricket in England.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Opposing the plea with a &quot;heavy heart&quot;, the court was told that the apex cricketing body had already appealed against the order discharging Sreesanth in the spot-fixing case during IPL 2013.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Delhi Police arrested Sreesanth and his two other Rajasthan Royals teammates, Ajit Chandila and Ankeet Chavan, on charge of spot-fixing during IPL 2013.<\/p>\r\n",
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