Srinivasan to chair BCCI WC meeting: Patel

Unfazed by a Bombay high court order which declared its probe into the IPL spot-fixing scandal ‘illegal’, a defiant N Srinivasan will chair the BCCI’s working committee on Friday, signalling his formal return to the top post despite the furore. The crucial meeting will mark Srinivasan’s return to the president’s post after nearly two months since he stepped aside pending an internal inquiry into the spot-fixing scandal which rocked the sixth edition of the IPL.

BCCI secretary Sanjay Patel made it clear that Srinivasan will chair the meeting as he has resumed his duty as the president, putting an end to the suspense over who will chair the conclave which will discuss all the legal implications of the high court order and chalk out a future course of action.  ‘He (Srinivasan) is the BCCI chief and he has already started working. There is no confusion as to who will chair tomorrow’s working committee meeting. Nobody till now has forced Mr Srinivasan to resign,’ Patel said.  Srinivasan refused to talk to the media on his arrival here, telling reporters at the airport to allow him to go.

‘Will you allow me to go to my car... I am entitled to go, allow me to go. I just got hit by this camera. You cannot hit me like this with the camera. It’s not ok with me ‘, Srinivasan said before getting into his car.  Former BCCI treasurer Ajay Shirke, who resigned in the wake of the spot-fixing scandal, said that the Board had many legal experts and they should take the correct decision. ‘I am sure the legal experts in the Board will be fully aware of the implications of the high court order and they will take appropriate decision’, Shirke said.