New Delhi: In a major setback for N Srinivasan, the Supreme Court on Friday appointed former cricketer Sunil Gavaskar as interim chief of the Board of Control for Cricket in India. Gavaskar will be looking after the affairs related to IPL7. This is for the first time in the history of Indian cricket that the Judiciary has toppled down its chief in this manner.
This came after Srinivasan told the apex court he is ready to step down as the BCCI chief until the court completes its investigation.
The court on Tuesday told Srinivasan to step down as the BCCI chief to enable free and fair probe in the betting and spot-fixing scandal involving his son-in-law Gurunath Meiyappan and some cricketers.
Meiyappan was found guilty of match-fixing and betting during IPL 2013 by the apex court-appointed committee, headed by former Punjab and Haryana chief justice Mudgal, probing corruption charges against team owners of Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals.