New Delhi:Â The legendary Indian cricketer Sunil Gavaskar, who was appointed BCCI interim President to manage the affairs of IPL-7, has been relieved from the assignment by the Supreme Court which allowed him to take up any other task.
The bench of justices T S Thakur and Ibrahim Kalifullah appreciated the work done by Gavaskar for smoothly conducting the affairs of IPL-7 and allowed him to claim compensation from BCCI for the duty done by him.
The bench asked BCCI to submit a report on the basis of claim and it would then decide the compensation to be given to Gavaskar.
Senior most Vice-President of the Board, Shivlal Yadav, who was asked to discharge the functions of BCCI president with regard to all other matters will continue to function till further order of the apex court.
In a revamp of the cricket establishment, Supreme Court had on March 28 taken BCCI’s control from N Srinivasan and handed it over to Gavaskar for overseeing IPL 7 following Justice Mukul Mudgal Committee report.