CHENNAI: In its early observations on Tuesday in the course of day-long arguments in the IPL cricket case, the Supreme Court seemed to have made it clear to Mr N. Srinivasan that he has to choose between the BCCI and his IPL franchise Chennai Super Kings. There were more searching questions for the embattled administrator and cricket board in the hearing before the judges suggested later in the day that a new high-powered committee be set up to cleanse cricket.
As the BCCI AGM is scheduled to be held in Chennai on December 17, it remains to be seen whether the SC would allow Srinivasan to contest in the elections when the hearing resumes Wednesday morning. “If you wish to contest as president, your investment is endangered. If you don’t fight the elections, your investment is safe,” the apex court observed. Again, later observations seemed to suggest that the doors had not been shut totally on the cricket strong man.
After rejecting BCCI’s several options including the suggestion to hand over the issue to the Board’s Behaviour Committee comprising the likes of Ravi Shastri, Amitabh Choudhary and Sanjay Patel, the SC hinted at setting up a high-powered committee consisting of retired judges to suggest measures for cleansing the game and ascertain if there was conflict of interest involving Srinivasan
