NOC row: Sreesanth moves High Court against BCCI
- Despite the High Court lifting the ban on him, BCCI has not given S Sreesanth an NOC to be submitted to the Scottish cricket authorities
- Sreesanth said the Scotland Cricket League has reached its last leg and any more delay could be detrimental to him
FollowKerala cricketer and former Indian pacer S Sreesanth approached the High Court on Friday, asking for relief after the BCCI denied him permission to play league cricket in Scotland.
Sreesanth in his petition asked for the immediate intervention of the court, saying that he wished to travel to Scotland soon but the BCCI, despite the court lifting the ban, has not given him an NOC to be submitted to the Scottish cricket authorities.
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The cricketer said the Scotland Cricket League has reached its last leg and any more delay could be detrimental to him. The court will take up his petition on Monday.
Sreesanth got a huge boost last week, when the Kerala High Court lifted the life ban imposed on him by the BCCI. He had his first outing since his arrest in 2013 when he led a local team in an exhibition match in Kochi on August 15.
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The now 34-year-old pacer, along with two other players, was exonerated in 2015 by a Delhi court in the case registered by Delhi Police which invoked the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA), but the BCCI Disciplinary Committee headed by present Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley slapped a life ban on Sreesanth.
Following this, he approached the Kerala HC, which on August 7 lifted the life ban. Even though the High Court has lifted the ban, the BCCI has decided to go in appeal against the single bench verdict.
