Indian Cricket Chief Srinivasan Urged to Step Down

Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) president Narayanaswami Srinivasan has been urged to resign by the Supreme Court of India.

The court says Srinivasan, who is also the chairman-designate of the International Cricket Committee, must step down or be forced to quit to ensure a fair investigation into charges of match-fixing in the Indian Premier League.

Srinivasan’s son-in-law, Gurunath Meiyappan, was indicted last month on charges of betting and passing on information to illegal bookmakers by a committee investigating match-fixing in the IPL.

Supreme Court Justice AK Patnaik said if Srinivasan does not step down voluntarily from the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), the court will order his removal.

“Why is Srinivasan sticking to his chair? If you don’t step down, then we will pass an order,” Patnaik said.

The court will reconvene on Thursday and Srinivasan has so far not commented on the court’s decision.

The ICC has declined to comment on the latest development, saying it was an “internal matter” for the BCCI.

The controversy about fixing in the IPL began last year after several cricketers, including Test fast bowler Shantakumaran Sreesanth, were arrested by Indian police for allegedly giving away a minimum number of runs in exchange for money from bookies.

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