Ankeet Chavan (born 28 October 1985) is a cricketer who played for

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in Indian domestic cricket. He is an all-rounder who is a left-handed batsman and

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bowler. He also played for

Rajasthan Royals Rajasthan Royals (often abbreviated as RR) are a franchise cricket team based in Jaipur, Rajasthan, that plays in the Indian Premier League (IPL). Founded in 2008 as one of the initial eight IPL franchises, the team is based at the Sawai ...

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Spot fixing controversy

On 16 May 2013, Chavan was arrested on charges of Spot fixing during IPL 6 by the Delhi police along with Ajit Chandila and

Sreesanth Shanthakumaran Nair Sreesanth (, born 6 February 1983) is an Indian former cricketer and film actor who played all forms of the game. He is a right-arm fast-medium-pace bowler and a right-handed tail-ender batsman. In first class cricket, he p ...

, who played alongside him for Rajasthan Royals. According to Police, Ankeet Chavan was promised to give away 14 runs in Rajasthan Royals' match against

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on 15 May 2013 and he did it giving away 15 runs in his second over. After being arrested, he was immediately suspended by his employer,

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. He has been suspended from his cricketing career. Having been put in judicial custody in Tihar Central Jail,

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, Chavan was granted bail from 31 May to 6 June to solemnise his marriage which had been fixed for 2 June 2013 and was granted bail on 10 June 2013 along with the other accused. On 13 September 2013, Chavan and fellow player Sreesanth were banned from cricket for life by the BCCI disciplinary committee . On 25 July 2015, the Delhi Court gave a clean chit and discharged him of all the charges in the IPL spot fixing case. On 16 June 2021, BCCI lifted ban on Ankeet Chavan and now he's allowed to play cricket.

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