Sreesanth, Chavan, three others summoned by BCCI

The BCCI has summoned Sreesanth, Ankeet Chavan, Harmeet Singh, Siddharth Trivedi and Amit Singh to present their case at the meeting of its disciplinary committee on Friday in New Delhi. Names of all these players were involved in the controversy surrounding the alleged spot-fixing in the IPL.

Ajit Chandila, another accused, hasn't been summoned because Ravi Sawani, BCCI's anti-corruption unit chief who has been carrying on the internal investigation, hasn't yet had the opportunity to question Chandila, who was released on bail only on September 9. ESPNcricinfo understands that a player has to be given seven days' notice to appear before Sawani. It hasn't yet been established if Chandila has been notified already.

The disciplinary committee consists of N Srinivasan, the BCCI president who has recused himself from the board's day-to-day affairs, and the vice-presidents, Arun Jaitley and Niranjan Shah. Srinivasan is expected to attend the meeting.

Since the disciplinary committee is a statutory body, it is not binding on it to forward their recommendations to the board's AGM later this month. If the committee feels some of the sanctions can be announced in Delhi, it is free to do so. Bans between five years and life are expected for Sreesanth, Chavan and Amit. The other two are likely to serve lesser time.