The Pune district and sessions court today stayed a lower court order restraining the Board of Control for Cricket in India from suspending Maharashtra middle-order batsman Abhijeet Kale.

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The court reimposed the suspension on Kale after the board filed an appeal challenging the Pune city civil court's order, which had allowed Kale to participate in first-class cricket tournaments.

The lower court had yesterday restrained the BCCI from suspending Kale without holding an inquiry into the bribery allegations against him.