Sreesanth denies spot fixing

Indian Test player Shantakumaran Sreesanth has denied spot-fixing after being arrested in a scandal in the cash rich indian premier league , While he and two teammates from his rajasthan  - based team remain in police custody 

"I'm innocent and have done no wrong " said in a statement released through his lawyer . "I've never indulged in any spoting."sreesanth said he was confident he would be proved innocent even though police claim to have enough evidence against the players.

Sreesanth was arrested loast week along with fellow bowlers Ajit Chandila and Ankeet Chavan and provisionally suspended by the Board of control for cricket in india (BCCI).

 They are  accused of conceding above a certain number of runs per over in exchange for up to six million rupees ($110,000) each from gamblers. police claim they have evidence to prove the allegations including recorded phone conservations with the bookmarks and have also recovered two million rupees ($36,500) from a kit bag belonging to chandila.

More than a dozen bookmarks and their associates have been arrested across the country over the past week, which include three domestic-level cricketers and Bollywood actor Vindoo Ranshawa , who has been shown by television channels as watching an IPL game in the company of Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni's wife sakshi.