Srini trouble: Son-in-law indicted for IPL betting

Forty-eight hours after he emerged as the uncrowned king of world cricket, BCCI president Narayanswamy Srini-vasan found himself mired in conflict of interest allegations as fingers were once again pointed at his son-in-law Gurunath Meiyappan.

With the Supreme Court-appointed commitee headed by Justice Mukul Mudgal accepting that Meiyappan was the face of Mr Srinivasan’s Indian Premier League team when the IPL-6 spot-fixing controversy erupted, and that he had not only betted, but also passed on information on the team during IPL’s sixth season, the BCCI strongman faces both embarrassment and a serious threat to the very existence of Chennai Super Kings.
Almost on cue, banned former IPL chairman Lalit Modi got into the act against his nemesis in the Indian cricket board. “Glad to see that Justice Mudgal report confirms just what I had been saying. Life ban on all connected is a must. So I guess Srini’s 2 day victory as future warlord of cricket was shortlived,” Mr Modi wrote on Twitter.
“Waiting to get copy of report before commenting. But if CSK owners are caught betting and fixing team needs to be annulled as per rules,” he added.
The committee noted that allegations of betting and spot-fixing against Rajashthan Royals co-owner Raj Kundra had some basis and needed to be further examined. The report said: “Allegations of betting and spot-fixing against Raj Kundra, team owner of Jaipur Cricket Pvt Ltd, needs to be further investigated.”