India court presses cricket chief N Srinivasan to quit
Tuesday, 25 March 2014
India’s Supreme Court has told the country’s top cricket official to step down while an investigation is carried out into illegal betting in the Indian Premier League (IPL).
N Srinivasan, head of India’s cricket board, is also an IPL team owner, according to a news agency.
The court has appointed a panel to investigate spot-fixing and illegal betting in the tournament.
Spot-fixing involves players bowling wides and no-balls at certain times arranged beforehand with bookmakers.
Mr Srinivasan, who owns the Chennai Super Kings team, “stepped aside” from his post as Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) president in June last year after his son-in-law Gurunath Meiyappan was arrested over allegations of betting in the IPL.
Mr Meiyappan has since been released on bail, and Mr Srinivasan has returned as the head of the cricket board. Mr Srinivasan was also elected head of cricket’s world body, the International Cricket Council (ICC), in February.