BCCI chief Srinivasan likely to resign on Saturday afternoon

[Sachin=GOD]

Kumble can become BCCI president as he is President of Karnataka cricket association. But mostly it will be jaitley. The south have had their turn. Its the turn of the north and east and Jaitley is king there.

Kumble also has a player management firm so there will be conflict of interest once again.

[Sachin=GOD]

Time to walk Jayaditya Gupta

Over the past week the image of Indian cricket has taken a fearsome battering. It started with the arrest of three cricketers on allegations of spot-fixing and continued as various bookmakers and bit players who flock to the sport were also arrested and details of their "confessions" were leaked. Through it all N Srinivasan, the BCCI president, maintained that there were a few "rotten eggs" in Indian cricket, and the game was in overall rude health. On Friday night his assertions came crashing down with the arrest of his son-in-law Gurunath Meiyappan, the de facto head of the Chennai Super Kings franchise. Gurunath's arrest - and it is safe to say the Mumbai Police would not have taken that step, given the implications, without very strong evidence - is a far more serious issue than the arrest of three players. As the "team principal" - the style on his Twitter handle - he sat in on player auctions, attended IPL meetings as his franchise's representative and had free access to the players at most times. He is, without much doubt, the team's most important person - his players referred to him as "boss". Under the IPL's anti-corruption code, therefore, his arrest leaves Super Kings' franchise agreement liable to be terminated with immediate effect. Where that leaves the team, which has qualified for Sunday's IPL final, is still anyone's guess. Any decision on Gurunath will have to be taken by the IPL and the BCCI, which begs this question: How can Srinivasan, father-in-law of the man arrested and managing director of the company that owns the franchise, also be at the head of the organisation that will decide on the punishment? Srinivasan has so long played the conflict-of-interest game to his advantage, watching his Super Kings team become the most successful IPL franchise. The time has now come for him to step down, if only to enable a free and fair inquiry and to allow Indian cricket and its governing body the opportunity to retrieve some of the ground it has lost. Srinivasan has long called himself a cricket fan. To use a cricketing analogy, he needs to walk before he is given out.

Absolutely spot on in everything.

[bhumika]

Bishan singh bedi ? But I think a cricketer cannot be a president. BCCI president should know how politics works. They need this to influence other members in the ICC.

[Sachin=GOD]

Rahul Kanwal ‏@rahulkanwal Sr Board Sources to @HeadlinesToday: Srinivasan is adamant that he won't quit. Insists he knew nothing of Guru's dealings. Being persuaded.

[FischerTal]

Srini mama is like a kid that wont let go of another kid's toy. question is which adult will give him the slap required? :hmmm:

[saket123]

I vote for Sandeep Patil.

[G_B_]

I vote for Sandeep Patil.

with his icl track record, not going to happen

[Rocky Balboa]

hope he resigns for the sake of saving India cements share value. Their shares have gone down drastically....

[Texy]

:hail: N. Starkanasan

[Texan]

the day he resigns will be the best day for Indian cricket since we won the 2011 WC.

:agree:

[Texan]

Srini mama is like a kid that wont let go of another kid's toy. question is which adult will give him the slap required? :hmmm:

Probably the police

[vvvslaxman]

If Seenu mama come unscathed and hold on to his job, then we will have to award SIR title . It will be a huge miracle.

[Texan]

If Seenu mama come unscathed and hold on to his job' date=' then we will have to award SIR title . It will be a huge miracle.[/quote'] Then, he should be immediately summoned by the central government for a ministerial post. He would have all the abilities of sticking to his chair in adversity.

[SLICKR392]

Post Srini Era

[Malcolm Merlyn]

he is not resigning.Said it on NDTV.will do Press conference tommorow. Sent from my GT-I9103 using Tapatalk 2

[bhumika]

CNN IBN says police are going to investigate more players and franchise owners. This is not good. But alteast they need clean up this mess.

[Pagalpanti]

Rahul Kanwal ‏@rahulkanwal Sr Board Sources to @HeadlinesToday: Srinivasan is adamant that he won't quit. Insists he knew nothing of Guru's dealings. Being persuaded.

:facepalm: Is there no law in place to throw out corrupt officials before their term is over? If he doesn't agree, will everyone just let him be?

[Pagalpanti]

Post Srini Era

We've hit an all-time-low during his period, so it will definitely be better. But don't expect politics or conflict of interest to go away. The power center might shift from South to North.

[yoda]

Well he is saying his SIL's actions have nothing to do with him. While he may be literally correct, he is finally responsible for allowing this guy to run the franchise while still betting on his own team.

[bhumika]

poor guy his SIL is in jail now and his son is of no use.