No mention of spot-fixing in Srini’s Annual Report

In their quest to paint a rosy picture about the health of Indian cricket, BCCI President N Srinivasan and former treasurer Ravi Savant’s note in the Board’s Annual Report doesn’t have a single mention of IPL-VI spot-fixing scandal that rocked Indian cricket. Secretary Sanjay Patel’s two-page note has a passing mention of the spot-fixing and betting scandal involving big names like former international S Sreesanth and BCCI President’s tainted son-in law Gurunath Meiyappan. The Annual Report that has a dedicated page on Anti-Doping Methods and Age-Verification Process, also doesn’t mention IPL’s first Indian dope cheat Pradeep Sangwan’s name while it stated that ‘364 U-16 cricketers failed age verification tests.’ The 128-page Annual Report of BCCI has the controversial Tamil Nadu strongman terming the year as ‘memorable and eventful for Indian cricket’. However Page-3 of the report that carries the President’s note, only waxed eloquent about the achievements of the various cricket teams including the senior, ‘A’ team, U-19 and U-23. Srinivasan concluded his note stating,’IPL, in its sixth year, was a great success in terms of cricket content and attendance at all matches’. Patel, in his secretary’s report (on Pages 5 and 6), never used the word ‘spot fixing’ anywhere.