The man who always stays not out

Srinivasan’s son-in-law, Gurunath Meiyappan, has been indicted for betting

This is what we know of the former BCCI head and Chennai Super Kings’ (CSK) de facto owner, N Srinivasan, from the Mudgal Committee report: he was not involved in match-fixing or betting, but turned a blind eye to a player who was seen in the company of a woman connected to bookies. That player belongs to the CSK.

Srinivasan’s son-in-law, Gurunath Meiyappan, has been indicted for betting, and the report claims that he was indeed a team official of the CSK. The most powerful man in Indian cricket seems to have been surrounded by people who thought betting was par for the course. This should ordinarily have sent him packing from Indian cricket. But Jagmohan Dalmiya, another BCCI strongman, is going to get the entire East Zone block to vote for Srinivasan in the presidential polls of the BCCI, guaranteeing him victory. If that happens, what moral authority BCCI will have to crack down on bookies is anybody’s guess. The apex court may have to intervene.

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