Srinivasan set to ‘step aside’ as BCCI chief; Sunil Gavaskar ‘honoured’ to take over, Dhoni skips pre-match presser

Express News Service | New Delhi | March 27, 2014 8:30 pm

The Supreme Court wants Sunil Gavaskar to take charge of the BCCI as interim president

Quick notes from Supreme Court

* West Bengal sports minister moots Sourav Ganguly as BCCI president. (Full story here)

*  Former Test all rounder Bapu Nadkarni backed suggestions by ex-BCCI chief Shashank Manohar and ousted IPL chairman Lalit Modi that the controversial and cash-awash T20 League should be stopped, at least for a while. (Also Read: Why BCCI hasn’t take any step against its chief — because it simply cannot)

* India skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni skips pre-match media interaction in Dhaka.

* Sunil Gavaskar says, “it will be a huge honour that Supreme Court feels I will be good enough to do the job. (Full story here)

* BCCI requests court not to pass any order keeping CSK and RR out of IPL. Says format changes if they are kept out.

* SC asks BCCI to come up with its response on its proposals tomorrow. (Also Read: ‘Srinivasan is a man of honour’)

* SC proposes any person associated with India Cements will not be involved with BCCI

* SC proposes Sunil Gavaskar as interim president of BCCI in place of N Srinivasan till it gives final verdict in the matter

* SC proposes that Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals should not be part of IPL 7

* SC to pass interim order on IPL spot fixing and betting scandal tomorrow (Friday) (Also Read: ‘Srinivasan shouldn’t take charge of ICC’)

* BCCI gives its proposal before Supreme Court assuring it of initiating disciplinary proceedings on the basis of recommendations of Mudgal committee report. (Also Read: Srinivasan to lose crown, not power)

* Investigation be carried out on the basis of findings of Mudgal committee report: BCCI tells SC (Also Read: Everything you wan’t to know about Mudgal report)

* We will have to think hard for the benefit of cricket and will have to pass order: Supreme Court

The story so far

N Srinivasan has not resigned as BCCI president despite the Supreme Court’s two-day ultimatum asking him to step down from his post. The court is to resume the hearing of the IPL spot-fixing and betting scandal on Thursday and the beleaguered Indian cricket chief seems to have decided to wait for the apex court’s orders.

The Srinivasan-baiters, meanwhile, lambasted their nemesis’s stubborn stance. On Wednesday, Lalit Modi had called upon former BCCI president Shashank Manohar to return to the helm of affairs once Srinivasan vacated the seat.

“Shashank Manohar has previous experience and I think he can take up the responsibility of being the next BCCI President,” Modi had tweeted. Ironically, it was Manohar who had led the BCCI and played a key role in the the former IPL chairman being thrown out from the board back in 2010.

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