Azharuddin to challenge life ban in court
Former Indian captain Mohammed Azharuddin has decided to challenge in court the life ban slapped on him by the Board of Control for Cricket in India
25-Nov-2009
Former Indian captain Mohammed Azharuddin has decided to challenge in
court the life ban slapped on him by the Board of Control for Cricket in
India.
"He will move the court. But it is yet to be decided whether he will go to
the Andhra Pradesh High Court or the district court", his counsel and
former Union Law Minister HR Bhardwaj said in New Delhi on Wednesday night.
He said Azharuddin's legal advisors were working out the details.
There were also indications that another former India captain Ajay Jadeja
too was working towards moving the court against the five-year ban imposed
on him by the board.
Meanwhile, Manoj Prabhakar said that he would first appeal to the BCCI
against the five-year ban imposed on him. "If I fail to get justice there,
I will knock at the court's door", he said.
Prolific Delhi batsman Ajay Sharma, who has been slapped with a life ban by
the board was not available.
The BCCI had on December 5 banned Azharuddin and Ajay Sharma for life and
handed out five-year suspensions from all cricket related activities to
Jadeja, Prabhakar along with former physiotherapist Ali Irani.