S Sreesanth, Ajit Chandila and Ankeet Chavan have been found guilty of spot-fixing during the Indian Premier League by an internal probe conducted by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), a report said on Friday.

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Sreesanth, Chandila and Chavan found guilty, report says

S Sreesanth, Ajit Chandila and Ankeet Chavan have been found guilty of spot-fixing during the Indian Premier League by an internal probe conducted by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), a report said on Friday. (BCCL/Jipson Sikhera)

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The probe by the BCCI's anti-corruption chief Ravi Sawani, also found two other players guilty of not reporting approaches made by bookmakers, The Indian Express said. (BCCL/Ajilal)

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Sreesanth, Ajit Chandila and Ankeet Chavan were found guilty on multiple accounts, including conceding a "pre-determined number of runs per over in exchange for bribes", the paper quoted the leaked report as saying. (BCCL/Ajilal)

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The fourth player, Amit Singh, who played in the IPL till last year, was seen as the conduit between the cricketers and bookies, and described by Sawani as "the bad fish that spoils the entire pond". (Getty Images)

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Siddharth Trivedi and 21-year-old Harmeet Singh were absolved of spot-fixing, but were found guilty of the lesser charge of not informing officials about approaches made by bookmakers, the newspaper said. (PTI/PTI)

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Sawani, whose report will be placed before the BCCI's disciplinary committee, has recommended the players be banned for a period ranging from five years to life, the paper said. (PTI)

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A BCCI spokesman declined to comment on the leaked newspaper story, saying Sawani's findings would be discussed by the disciplinary committee and may be placed before the board's annual general meeting on September 29.

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The four players found guilty of spot-fixing are among 39 persons who have also been charged separately by Delhi Police in the corruption scandal that rocked this year's IPL. (PTI)

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All four players belong to the Rajasthan Royals franchise, but Sreesanth, 30, is the only one to have played for India. He was part of the teams that won the World Twenty20 in 2007 and the World Cup in 2011. (BCCL/Ajilal)

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The players were arrested in May along with scores of bookies as part of a police investigation into the spot-fixing scandal, which had caused outrage among fans in the cricket-mad nation. (PTI/PTI)

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