Srinivasan in frame for ICC meeting

THE BCCI OFFICIALS AND STATE UNIT MEMBERS MET INFORMALLY ON SATURDAY, ON THE EVE OF THE BCCI’S SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING IN THE CAPITAL.

NEWDELHI: In what is likely to raise fresh controversy, former Board president, N Srinivasan, is understood to have been chosen to attend this month’s crucial International Cricket Council meeting (April 23-27) that will take a final call on distribution of revenues.

The BCCI officials and state unit representatives met informally on Saturday, on the eve of the BCCI’s Special General Meeting in the Capital.

According to sources, Srinivasan, barred from attending the SGM but said to be keen to represent the Indian board and take on ICC over its plans to prune the financial share as decided in the Big Three agreement in 2014, met the officials on Saturday night.

Srinivasan, forced out as BCCI president due to conflict of interest in the wake of the 2013 spot-fixing scandal, and then edged out as the ICC president, is said to have got the backing of the officials. If Srinivasan’s name is not ratified, BCCI treasurer, Anirudh Chaudhry, could be chosen.

Srinivasan, the Tamil Nadu unit president, is barred from attending the SGM as per the Justice RM Lodha panel recommendations.

The Committee of Administrators, appointed by the Supreme Court, has also made it clear he can’t represent the Board at the ICC.

The SGM will be attended by BCCI CEO Rahul Johri. None from the CoA will attend and Johri will brief the CoA.

Some units like Vidarbha, which has conformed to the changes prescribed by the Lodha panel, may object to Srinivasan’s presence and choice.

It will be interesting to see what the Bengal unit , which will be represented by president Sourav Ganguly and secretary Avishek Dalmiya, decide.

“Srinivasan and his loyalists have nothing to lose. His loyalists have had their wings clipped by the CoA. They would pass Srinivasan’s name and then wait for the Supreme Court’s verdict,” a senior state unit official said.