Delhi bowlers got 93 overs on the final day to get 10 Vidarbha wickets and thus ensure seven points which would take them to the knock-out stage but home team defended doggedly to reach 216 for seven when play was finally called off.

Karnataka, who desperately need an outright win for a chance to make it to the semis, went wicketless in the second session of as Ubarhande and Srivastava dug in.

It was another day which was dominated by Gautam as he added 128 runs to his overnight score. He was ably supported by Manish Pandey (53) and Stuart Binny (85), who ripped the Vidarbha bowling apart.

Shalabh Srivastava, the Uttar Pradesh fast bowler who was banned for five years by the BCCI for conspiring to fix a match, has claimed he is innocent and has not been given justice.

The Income Tax department has given a clean chit to the five banned domestic cricketers, who were involved in the IPL spot-fixing fiasco, from any financial misconduct or receiving kickbacks in order to fix matches.

The Cricket Board has a slightly different set of rules while proceeding against alleged misconduct committed by its players, selectors, umpires and team officials as opposed to administrators.

Medium pacer T P Sudhindra, the highest wicket-taker in Ranji trophy last season, on Saturday earned the dubious distinction of becoming the third cricketer to be banned for life by the Indian Cricket Board for match-fixing.

Secretary of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), Sanjay Jagdale, issued a release on Saturday after five players accused of spot-fixing were banned by the disciplinary committee of the board. Details of the verdict has been mentioned in the release.

The BCCI's disciplinary committee, headed by its president N Srinivasan, will meet here on Saturday to discuss the report submitted by Ravi Sawani on the corruption allegations against five uncapped Indian players named in a television sting operation last month.

A day after setting up an Inquiry Commission to probe the spot-fixing scandal that has rocked the IPL, the BCCI swung into action as one of the suspended domestic players, Shalabh Srivastava, deposed before the Commission on Wednesday.