New Delhi: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Wednesday made it very clear that it was not having second thoughts on revoking the ban on former India pacer S Sreesanth and spinner Ankeet Chavan in the wake of a Delhi Court dropping all charges against them in the IPL 2013 spot-fixing case.

All the 36 accused persons including Sreesanth, Chavan and Ajit Chandila were discharged in the Indian Premier League-6 spot fixing case by Patiala House Court in New Delhi last week but the Indian board had refused to lift their ongoing ban.

The Kerala Cricket Association, state board of cricket of the south Indian state of Kerala, had made a plea to the BCCI for allowing Sreesanth to play again but Secretary Anurag Thakur said there will be no rethink on the life ban of the two cricketers.

“The earlier decision of BCCI’s disclipinary commitee ban on this case will stay on,” Thakur told reporters.

“Disciplinary proceedings are different, criminal proceedings are different. The action taken in the past were based on the disciplinary action for the indiscipline of these players, reports submmitted by the the anti-corruption unit. So the same decision of ban will continue on these players,” he added.

All the three accused cricketers had to spend time in jail during the course of investigation. Of the three, Sreesanth and Chavan are currently serving life bans imposed by the BCCI after the scandal shook the high-profile league, while Chandila’s hearing is still on.

Meanwhile, former India captain Sourav Ganguly has said that the BCCI’s move to make cricket a clean affair should be taken in the right spirit, asserting that there is no reason to fear signing the ‘conflict of agreement’ understanding, .

After former president N Srinivasan was allowed to buy an IPL franchisee and later it became a controversy, the new BCCI regime is taking all necessary steps to improve its image. Ganguly, who was named in the BCCI advisory committee alongwith Sachin Tendulkar and VVS Laxman, has backed BCCI in it’s clean-up act.

“They (BCCI) have extended to everyone who is associated with cricket and I don’t see a problem with it because it is just a declaration that you give to the board,” Ganguly said during a promotional events.

“I really don’t keep a track as to who is signed by whom. It will really be difficult for me to say anything on this. And if there is anything to it then I am sure BCCI will deal with it,” he added.

Ganguly is also eager to see how the national team performs in different formats with two set of skippers in Virat Kohli (Test) and Mahendra Singh Dhoni (ODI and T20).

“For this two captain’s theory, India have never had that and obviously it has happened due to the retirement of MS (Dhoni) from Test matches. But other teams in the world have had it, like Australia, England, South Africa, Sri Lanka. If you win it works, if you don’t win it doesn’t work,” he said.

He also defended India’s spin veterans Harbhajan Singh and Amit Mishra after critics panned the selectors move to pick the experienced duo for Test series in Sri Lanka due to lack of young talent.

“I don’t see a problem between experienced and non-experienced, it’s about how good the person is. You only gain experience when you play,” Ganguly said.

“I have lot of faith in Harbhajan, in (Ravichandran) Ashwin and Amit Mishra. Pragyan Ojha is another good left-arm spinner, I think he picked 5 wickets against Australia A. I think they will do well in sub-continent conditions in places like Sri Lanka and India, where the ball spins.

“The biggest test for all spinners has been to bowl in England, Australia, South Africa and New Zealand. That’s an area where they can get better,” Ganguly added.

Now a cricket analyst, Ganguly is also keenly following the Ashes, which is tied at 1-1, and backs Australia in the remaining three Tests.

“I am backing Australia. I was little surprised to see Australia losing in Cardiff. It was familiar to the way they won at Lord’s and I think in the next three Test matches Australia are ahead,” he said.