Too early to speculate on Chennai Super Kings' future, says new IPL boss Ranjib Biswal

[rkt.india]

New Delhi: Newly-appointed Indian Premier League chairman Ranjib Biswal says it is too early to speculate the future of Chennai Super Kings in the cash-rich T20 league. In an exclusive chat with sports.ndtv.com on Wednesday from Bhubaneswar, Biswal said: "It's too early to say CSK will be banned because one of their team members is facing charges of corruption. We will go by the rule book and will not rush into making a legally wrong decision." Welcoming the Supreme Court appointed three-member panel that will probe allegations of spot-fixing and betting in IPL 2013, Biswal said: "This will be an independent probe and done by legally astute men. The Board of Control for Cricket in India and the IPL governing council will respect the decision made by the panel and we will follow their recommendations." The Supreme Court on Tuesday formed a three-member panel, headed by former High Court judge Mukul Mudgal, to investigate allegations of corruption in IPL 2013. The panel includes senior advocate and additional solicitor general L Nageshwar Rao and Assam Cricket Association member Niloy Dutta. The panel will have four months to submit their report. A bench of Justices A.K. Patnaik and J.S. Khehar, acting on a petition by Cricket Association of Bihar, wants the Mudgal-headed panel to investigate corruption charges against Chennai Super Kings' Gurunath Meiyappan and Rajasthan Royals owner Raj Kundra. Meiyappan, who has an IPL team owner's badge, is the son-in-law of BCCI president N. Srinivasan. Chennai Super Kings is owned by India Cements, a company that has Srinivasan as its managing director. (Recap: Will heat on Meiyappan also burn CSK?) If Meiyappan, who has already been chargesheeted by Mumbai Police for betting, is found guilty by the Mudgal commission, former champions Chennai Super Kings could face termination. According to clause 11.3 of the IPL franchise agreement, if any official, team owner or anyone associated with the team tarnishes the image of the league, the franchise can be terminated immediately. Meiyappan was designated as the Team Principal of CSK before being 'demoted' when news of him being involved in illegal betting came to limelight. (Also read: Hussey's book reveals Meiyappan was CSK boss) Forty-three-year-old Biswal, who was handpicked by Srinivasan to become IPL chairman, said: "We will wait for the Mudgal committee to make its recommendations. It will be the endeavour of the governing council to make the right decisions and I can assure you no influence will work on us as a team. The IPL has earned a bad name and it will be our job to give it a clean image again." Meanwhile, the first meeting of the IPL governing council is expected next week. A former Congress MP from Jagatsinghpur, Orissa, Biswal is virtually sitting on an 'active' volcano with several controversial and delicate issues to handle. The fate of CSK will surely be one of them. 'I am not a flash in the pan. I am here for a job and with all the learning from six editions of IPL, we will take fresh guard.' Even through Srinivasan is 'legally' not allowed to meddle into IPL affairs, will Biswal and his council be allowed to make 'independent' decisions? Biswal promises to 'fair and upright.' He says: "(Unlike others) I am not a flash in the pan. I am here for a job and with all the learning from six editions of IPL, we will take fresh guard." Having played several roles in his life - the Stephanian was also captain of India's youth cricket team - Biswal is perhaps facing the biggest test of his cricket 'career'.

http://sports.ndtv.com/cricket/news/215320-too-early-to-speculate-on-chennai-super-kings-future-says-new-ipl-boss-ranjib-biswal Looks like CSK and RR both are in big trouble now.

[Laaloo]

Good. Spot fixing should not be allowed. Dravid's team should be kicked out. :protest:

[velu]

Good. Spot fixing should not be allowed. Dravid's team should be kicked out. :protest:

they will just rename the franchise .. like :dd: to :srh:

[G_B_]

^ then they should. Chennai Super kings should be disbanded. A new franchise from Chennai under new ownership should come to the fore. Considering Chennai is called a Detriot or India some company like TVS etc bidding for the Chennai franchise would be apt. The new franchise would have a pick to keep 4 players from the CSK roster. Same goes for Royals. The fundamental point is that the issue is with the owners/key people running the team. Not the places where these franchises operate. By all means transfer the wins of CSK to the city of chennai. One franchise per city. I personally never really call Mumbai Indians, as mumbai Indians. They are a generic Mumbai to me be it IPL, ranji or CTLt20. How about we get rid of some of the ridiculous names. (what the hell does super king even mean?) andjust call ourselves Mumbai Chennai Rajasthan etc.

[rkt.india]

^ then they should. Chennai Super kings should be disbanded. A new franchise from Chennai under new ownership should come to the fore. Considering Chennai is called a Detriot or India some company like TVS etc bidding for the Chennai franchise would be apt. The new franchise would have a pick to keep 4 players from the CSK roster. Same goes for Royals. The fundamental point is that the issue is with the owners/key people running the team. Not the places where these franchises operate. By all means transfer the wins of CSK to the city of chennai. One franchise per city. I personally never really call Mumbai Indians, as mumbai Indians. They are a generic Mumbai to me be it IPL, ranji or CTLt20. How about we get rid of some of the ridiculous names. (what the hell does super king even mean?) andjust call ourselves Mumbai Chennai Rajasthan etc.

Royals might escape as Kundra is just a share holder, not an owner who is active in team management.

[G_B_]

@rkt when force Kundra to sell his shares to either (A) the majority shareholder within RR (B) any other shareholder within RR © anybody else or even float his share as a public offering on the stock market. boot him out and ban him from grounds within the country

[rkt.india]

@rkt when force Kundra to sell his shares to either (A) the majority shareholder within RR (B) any other shareholder within RR © anybody else or even float his share as a public offering on the stock market. boot him out and ban him from grounds within the country

But I dont think there is any case on Kundra by Delhi police or is it there?

[yoda]

Bla Bla Bla

[Vilander]

Royals might escape as Kundra is just a share holder' date=' not an owner who is active in team management.[/quote'] there is a diff between spot fixing and betting.

[asterix]

there is a diff between spot fixing and betting.

There's a link between Betting and Fixing (Spot or no Spot)... Betting on his own team losing has to be probed...