Kochi: The Kerala Cricket Association (KCA) on Monday urged the Board of Control for Cricket in India to lift the life ban on Sreesanth, after a Delhi court exonerated the former India pacer from the IPL spot-fixing charges.

All the 36 accused, including Sreesanth, Ankeet Chavan and Ajit Chandila, were on Saturday discharged in the IPL-6 spot fixing case by Patiala House Court, but the BCCI refused to lift the ban on them.

KCA president and BCCI vice-president T C Mathew said the state board had written to both the secretary and the president of the BCCI in this regard. "We have requested that in the light of the court exonerating Sreesanth from the case, the ban imposed on him be lifted. Now we will wait for their response," said Mathew.

A Kerala government body, though, has already thrown open the doors of the Jawaharlal Nehru International Stadium for the 32-year-old cricketer.

The KCA is hoping that Sreesanth will be able to play for the state in the upcoming Ranji Trophy season. (PTI)