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NEW DELHI, Thursday (Reuters) - India's national cricket board on Wednesday ruled out a review of its life ban on former captain Mohammad Azharuddin and five-year ban on batsman Ajay Jadeja over match fixing allegations.

Azharuddin and Jadeja had been banned by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) in 2000 after it conducted an internal inquiry into a report on corruption in cricket by India's federal Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).

Azharuddin and Jadeja have denied any wrongdoing and challenged their bans in court.

"We received what Jadeja had filed in court and sought legal advise on it," Jagmohan Dalmiya, president of the BCCI, told reporters after a working committee meeting.

"We were told that there was no legal provision for review and have informed Jadeja's lawyers that there can be no reconsideration since we don't have the power to do it.

"In Azhar's case the court had asked if the dispute could be sorted out by negotiations, but we have said there is no dispute."

The BCCI said since the decision to ban the players was based on the CBI report, it wanted the federal investigating agency to fight the ongoing cases.

"They have all the documents and information, so they should reply since they are a party in the case."

Former test player Ajay Sharma had also been banned for life and Manoj Prabhakar for five years as a result of the report. They have also denied the allegations.

But the BCCI has set up a three-member legal committee for any follow-up on these cases.

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