Tainted cricketer S. Sreesanth became the first of the four cricketers to depose before Board of Control for India’s Anti-Corruption and Security Unit chief Ravi Sawani at a city hotel here on Monday.
The Kerala paceman, who was in judicial custody for close to a month, on allegations of spot-fixing during an Indian Premier League match between Rajasthan Royals and Kings XI Punjab, dropped in at a five-star facility to meet Sawani.
According to sources, Sreesanth was grilled by the ACSU chief for close to three hours.
“He (Sreesanth) was asked to give his side of the story and a lot of questions were asked by Sawani. It has been learnt that Sreesanth told Sawani the same thing that he had told the Special Cell of Delhi Police during his interrogation in police custody,” a BCCI source in the know of things said.
On the day, it was Sreesanth, who deposed before Sawani while co-accused Ankeet Chavan and Siddharth Trivedi, suspended for concealing facts, are expected to depose over the next few days. Sreesanth took an evening flight for Kochi.