Hussey asserted in his new autobiography that Meiyappan was running the team since Srinivasan was busy with BCCI affairs. PHOTO: BCCI
The court proposed a three-member panel headed by a former judge to investigate the scandal that has rocked the popular Twenty20 league run by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI).
“We want this committee to probe the spot-fixing and this committee will report to us,” said AK Patnaik, one of two judges hearing the case.
Srinivasan, 68, widely regarded as the most powerful man in world cricket, has been barred by the court from taking charge since his election as the BCCI chief for a third year on September 29.
His son-in-law, Gurunath Meiyappan, was the team principal of the Chennai Super Kings, the IPL franchise owned by Srinivasan’s India Cements company and captained by national skipper MS Dhoni.
Former Australian star Mike Hussey, who has played for the Chennai Super Kings since the inaugural IPL season in 2008, recently dismissed Srinivasan’s suggestion that Meiyappan was only a ‘cricket enthusiast’.
Hussey asserted in his new autobiography that Meiyappan was running the team since Srinivasan was busy with BCCI affairs.
“Our owner was India Cements, headed by Mr Srinivasan,” wrote Hussey, according to excerpts published on the ESPNcricinfo website.
“As he was also on the board of the BCCI, he gave control of the team to his son-in-law Mr Gurunath. He ran the team along with Kepler Wessels, who was (then) coach.”
Published in The Express Tribune, October 8th, 2013.
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