N. Srinivasan Re-elected BCCI President
September 29, 2013
Board of Cricket Control for India (BCCI) have re-elected president N. Srinivasan to a third term in office on Sunday even though a Supreme Court order bars him from taking charge immediately due to a corruption scandal.
The 68-year-old cement tycoon was elected unopposed for another year at the annual meeting of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) in Chennai.
“Mr. N. Srinivasan was unanimously elected as President of the BCCI for the year 2013-14,” a statement from the cricket board said.
The Supreme Court had on Friday barred Srinivasan from taking charge until it has ruled on a petition against him over a spot-fixing scandal in the Indian Premier League (IPL), a popular Twenty20 event.
Sanjay Patel was confirmed as the new BCCI secretary, three months after he took temporary charge from Sanjay Jagdale, who resigned in the wake of the spot-fixing scandal.
Former first-class cricketer Ranjib Biswal was appointed chairman of the IPL, succeeding Rajiv Shukla who too had quit after the scandal broke.
Srinivasan’s hold on world cricket stems from India’s vast television audience which enables the country to generate almost 70 percent of the game’s revenues.