The Indian cricket board’s decision to slap a life ban on Madhya Pradesh seamer T P Sudhindra and lesser sentences for Shalabh Srivastava (five-year ban) Mohnish Mishra, Amit Yadav and Abhinav Bali (one-year each) has been hailed in the cricketing fraternity.

However, the last three mentioned deserved longer suspensions and it is here that the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) have loosened their grip on the situation.