Chennai: India's ODI skipper Mahendra Singh&nbsp;Dhoni on Friday took time off to meet former BCCI President N&nbsp;Srinivasan at his residence in Chennai, a move which invited&nbsp;criticism from some quarters.
A top source said that Dhoni met Srinivasan over&nbsp;breakfast and was at the ICC Chairman's residence for close to&nbsp;45 minutes. After he left, BJP leader Subramanian Swamy met&nbsp;Srinivasan.
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Srinivasan, who was earlier the owner of the IPL&nbsp;franchise Chennai Super Kings, had to detach himself from theDhoni-led side due to conflict of interest.&nbsp;
The Tamil Nadu strongman was also removed from the BCCI&nbsp;top job after cases of fixing cropped up against his&nbsp;son-in-law Gurunath Meiyappan, and he now serves as ICC&nbsp;Chairman only.
CSK and Rajasthan Royals (RR) were suspended for two&nbsp;years by The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) after the&nbsp;Supreme Court appointed Lodha Committee found both the team&nbsp;owner's, Meiyappan and Raj Kundra (RR) guilty of betting.&nbsp;Dhoni, who has been the skipper of CSK for the past eight&nbsp;seasons, has refused to comment on his visit.&nbsp;
It is speculated that Dhoni had gone to meet Srinivasan&nbsp;to discuss matter relating to CSK but his visit has raised&nbsp;many eyebrows with few calling it a "breach of faith".&nbsp;
Petitioner in the IPL spot-fixing case, Aditya Verma, who&nbsp;is Secretary of the unrecognised Cricket Association of Bihar,&nbsp;said in a letter to Dhoni that the meeting with the tainted&nbsp;boss should have been avoided.
"Today I am shocked to see a channel showing that you&nbsp;(Dhoni) went to visit Srini's house for breakfast. Legally&nbsp;there's no bar but being a captain of Team India you can avoid&nbsp;a visit to his home," Verma wrote in his letter to the&nbsp;limited-overs captain.
"Earlier you have faced criticism when you gave a&nbsp;statement to Mudgal committee about Guru's role in CSK.&nbsp;Everybody knows that who pressurised you to give your&nbsp;statement regarding Guru's role in CSK. Lastly, Lodha committee&nbsp;banned Gurunath for life due to conflict of interest of&nbsp;Srinivasan in BCCI and CSK.
"Hon'ble Supreme Court ousted Srinivasan from BCCI in his&nbsp;order dated 22.01.2015. You are the captain of national team&nbsp;at present. When lodha committee report is awaited, your visit&nbsp;to ex-CSK owner's home is a giving wrong message to sports&nbsp;world. Nobody is above the law, so don't repeat such silly&nbsp;things again for the sake of BCCI... " he wrote.

India's ODI skipper Mahendra Singh&nbsp;Dhoni on Friday took time off to meet former BCCI President N&nbsp;Srinivasan at his residence in Chennai, a move which invited&nbsp;criticism from some quarters

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