Srinivasan still to decide
Chennai: Embattled BCCI President N Srinivasan, who stepped aside after the IPl spot-fixing scandal, has not yet made up his mind on attending the ICC Annual Conference in london and will decide on it closer to the date of sub-committee meetings. The conference started today and will continue till June 29. There is intense speculation on whether conference would be attended by Srinivasan, who stepped aside as BCCI President after his son-in-law and Chennai Super Kings Team Principal Gurunath Meiyappan was arrested for alleged betting. “Mr Srinivasan has not yet decided about his going to london for the ICC meeting. The meeting (that he is supposed to attend) is on June 29 and he will decide closer to the date whether he would go or not,” Tamil Nadu Cricket Association Secretary Kashi Viswanathan, who is also a close aide of Srinivasan, said.
Shetty summoned by MCA
Mumbai: Top BCCI official Ratnakar Shetty has been summoned to attend the meeting of the Mumbai Cricket Association’s (MCA) inquiry committee, probing the matter of unsold tickets during the 2011 World Cup final held at the Wankhede Stadium, here tomorrow. “I have received the e-mail, which also mentions four other people (lalchand Rajput, Pradeep Zaveri, Shripad Halbe and Ganesh Iyer). I haven’t decided if I will be attending it,” Shetty said. Shetty, currently the General Manager (Game Development), was the tournament director of the world’s showpiece cricket event. MCA has summoned Shetty, a former MCA vice-president and treasurer, along with former joint secretary Rajput, current managing committee member Iyer, former managing committee member Halbe and Zaveri, to appear before the four-member inquiry panel. “I don’t know why they have called me but as per their letter I have been asked to brief the committee on World Cup final tickets. I will attend,” Halbe said.
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