BCCI secretary and Chennai Super Kings franchise owner N Srinivasan on Thursday rubbished reports that he tried to 'fix' the IPL 2009 player auction and insisted that he won the bid 'fair and square'.
Under-fire N Srinivasan is all set to attend the International Cricket Council's executive board meeting in Dubai on April 9-10 as BCCI's "representative" despite being sidelined from the Board of Control for Cricket in India's affairs following a Supreme Court directive.
After dropping a bombshell about interference in selection matters, former national selector Mohinder Amarnath today named BCCI president N Srinivasan as the person who overruled the "unanimous" decision to replace Mahendra Singh Dhoni as captain after India's eight consecutive overseas Test defeats.
The Federation of International Cricketers Association (FICA) on Friday said it was disappointed with N Srinivasan's appointment to the post of ICC Chairman even as New Zealand Cricket Director Martin Snedden backed the controversial Indian administrator's elevation to the top job.
ICC chairman and former BCCI president N Srinivasan will watch India's World Cup semi-final against hosts Australia along with BCCI secretary Anurag Thakur while current president Jagmohan Dalmiya will not be in attendance due to health reasons.
The 4-0 clean sweep against Australia in the just-concluded Test series has justified the BCCI's faith in the team and its leader Mahendra Singh Dhoni, according to Board President N Srinivasan who said a "stern" test awaits the team when they tour South Africa.
With Supreme Court asking Srinivasan to step down for a fair probe into the Indian Premier League betting and fixing scandal, questions are being raised about whether the Tamil Nadu strongman can indeed become the chairman of the International Cricket Council's all powerful executive board.
The Supreme Court declined to interfere with the Board of Control for Cricket in India's view on barring Narayanswami Srinivasan from participating in its meetings, saying it is free to stick to its stand that he has a conflict of interest "so long as a competent court of jurisdiction arrives at a decision to upset its view".
The internal feud within the Board of Control for Cricket in India took an ugly turn on Monday with its secretary, Anurag Thakur, launching a stinging attack on ICC chairman Narayanaswami Srinivasan, saying he must share information about bookies with his own family members "whose involvement in betting has been proved".
Suspended IPL chairman Lalit Modi has taken strong exception to the presence of BCCI secretary N Srinivasan at the disciplinary committee proceeding against him which are in progress in Delhi, his lawyer Mehmood Abdi said.
BCCI President N Srinivasan sought to distance himself from his son-in-law and Chennai Super Kings Team Principal Gurunath Meiyappan, who will be chargesheeted in the IPL spot-fixing scandal, saying that law will take its course in the matter.
Three powerful associations of the Board of Control for Cricket in India -- Mumbai, Vidarbha and Punjab - which regularly host Tests matches are likely to face the heat from the ruling group of the Board in the wake of the Supreme Court-appointed Justice Mudgal Committee giving a clean chit to Narayanaswami Srinivasan in the IPL 6 corruption probe.
The legendary skipper plays his 200th match for CSK on Wednesday, and to mark the milestone, Dhoni was presented with a memento by frannchise owner N Srinivasan.
US President Barack Obama has appointed an Indian American, Srinija Srinivasan, to his 13-member Commission on Presidential Scholars.
Board of Control for Cricket in India secretary N Srinivasan was mum on whether he would recuse himself from proceedings against Lalit Modi but lashed out at the suspended IPL commissioner for his "habit of leaking information" to the media.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India treasurer Ravi Savant on Wednesday said that Board president N Srinivasan is likely to attend the Working Committee meeting in Kolkata on September 1.
Board of Control for Cricket in India president N Srinivasan was on Thursday re-elected unopposed as president of the Tamil Nadu Cricket Association for the eighth consecutive year, at its 82nd Annual General Meeting in Chennai.
The Supreme Court on Thursday refused to hear N Srinivasan's plea for modification of its earlier orders to enable him to function as Board of Control for Cricket India's president for non-IPL cricketing activities.
BCCI's Working Committee members were unanimous in their opinion that a legal recourse must be planned against unrecognised Cricket Association of Bihar secretary Aditya Verma for 'spreading baseless rumours' against president-in-exile Narayanswami Srinivasan and Co.
Board of Control for Cricket in India president N Srinivasan refused to talk about the issue of IPL franchise Deccan Chargers, saying it is sub-judice, but said the Board can advertise for a new team to be added to the Indian Premier League.
Board of Control for Cricket in India president N Srinivasan, who stopped discharging his duties after his son-in-law Gurunath Meiyappan was named in the IPL spot-fixing scandal, slammed his detractors on Friday, saying they are jealous of his franchise, Chennai Super Kings, because India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni is part of it.
Former BCCI president IS Bindra has appealed to the directors on the ICC's executive board and its Development International Board to probe N Srinivasan for allegedly violating the Ethics Code of the game's governing body.
Under-fire BCCI president N Srinivasan put an end to all speculations by making his presence felt at the International Cricket Council annual conference in London by attending one of the sub-committee meetings via video-link.
N Srinivasan was on Friday restrained from assuming charge of the Board of Control for Cricket in India, if elected to the post, by the Supreme Court, which allowed the Board to hold its proposed Annual General Meeting scheduled for Sunday.
Former Board of Control for Cricket in India president Narayanswami Srinivasan tendered unconditional apology in the Supreme court for presiding over the Board's working committee meeting in Chennai on February 8.
He might have stepped aside but BCCI President N Srinivasan remained a combative man after the Board's Emergent Working Committee meeting, insisting that not a single member asked him to resign during the "smooth" discussion on Sunday.
Sunil Gavaskar has hit out at Gurunath Meiyyapan, son-in-law of ICC President N Srinivasan, over his involvement in betting and also questioned the Tamil Nadu strongman's silence in the whole spot-fixing and betting issue.
The Supreme Court on Monday put the onus on Board of Control for Cricket in India president-in-exile Narayanaswami Srinivasan to prove that there was no conflict of interest involving him that came in the way of a probe into the IPL-6 scam and took strong exception to his counsel "repeatedly" naming Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in the proceedings.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India president N Srinivasan on Tuesday rubbished Lalit Modi's claim that the 2009 auction of Andrew Flintoff was rigged.
International Cricket Council chairman Narayanswami Srinivasan said the event's success has proved that the One-Day International format is in good health.
The murky politics of the BCCI is likely take a new turn, reports Sheela Bhatt
Former BCCI secretary Jaywant Lele said that under-fire Board president N Srinivasan should be sacked from his post if he does not step down on his own in the wake of the IPL spot-fixing and betting scandal.
The top brass of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) were huddled in a series of meetings during the day to discuss the raging IPL spot-fixing issue amid indications that the defiant N Srinivasan will hold on to his position as BCCI president.
Associate cricket nations may be fuming at the prospect of a 10-team World Cup in 2019, but ICC president Narayanswami Srinivasan said they have no reason to feel left out as the format gives them a good chance of qualifying for the showpiece event.
Mustafa Kamal, who resigned on Wednesday as the International Cricket Council president, launched an extraordinary attack on the world cricket body's Chairman N Srinivasan after returning to the country.
In a setback to beleaguered Narayanaswami Srinivasan, the Supreme Court on Friday directed a probe against him and 12 prominent cricketers in the IPL betting and spot-fixing scandal.
US Principal Deputy Solicitor General Srikanth 'Sri' Srinivasan on Wednesday moved a step closer to creating history, reports Aziz Haniffa.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India's Committee of Administrators (COA) on Thursday informed all state units that they will seek the Supreme Court's directive on BCCI's representative at the International Cricket Council meetings and asked the members to keep that in mind before taking any decision at the Special General Meeting on April 9.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India, on Tuesday, decided to hold its much-delayed Annual General Meeting on December 17 even as it stood firmly behind embattled president-in-exile N Srinivasan after he was cleared of IPL fixing charges by the Supreme Court-appointed probe committee.
'Indian education has, after Independence, produced nothing whatsoever -- yes, absolutely nothing -- of global calibre. Not one earth-shaking discovery or invention, not one outstanding theoretical insight!' Rajeev Srinivasan on how Indian education is unable to anticipate what the future holds.
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