ICC chief Srinivasan toppled as BCCI withdraws support
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Indias cricket board toppled its scandal-tainted former supremo Narayanaswami Srinivasan from the helm of the games world governing body yesterday as its leadership pledged a new era of clean governance, reports AFP from Mumbai.
Srinivasan, once the most powerful man in world cricket, will be replaced as chairman of the International Cricket Council (ICC) by Shashank Manohar, also president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI).
The BCCI representative to the ICC will be Shashank Manohar, BCCI secretary Anurag Thakur told reporters after the boards annual general meeting in Mumbai. And by virtue of being the boards representative to the ICC he will take over as the ICC chairman. Srinivasan was appointed ICC chief in June last year after being chosen by the BCCI as Indias representative to the top role which rotates every two years among cricketing nations. But the cement tycoons reputation was badly dented by a number of corruption scandals that have hit the glitzy and lucrative Indian Premier League (IPL).
The 70-year-old agreed to step aside as BCCI chief after a Supreme Court panel found him guilty of a conflict of interest for having commercial dealings in the sport. Indias top court also found Srinivasans son-in-law Gurunath Meiyappan guilty of illegal betting while serving as team principal at the Chennai Super Kings and banned him from all cricket-related activities. Srinivasan made light of his ouster, saying he can now go ahead and improve his golf handicap.
It is the prerogative of the BCCI president to be the ICC chairman, Srinivasan told NDTV. I want to focus on my cement business and use the spare time to improve my golf handicap.
Crickets spiralling popularity in India helped make the BCCI the richest board under his stewardship and many smaller cricketing nations became increasingly reliant on Indias largesse.
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