N Srinivasan's last, desperate moment for a bit of sunshine flickered for a few moments, but disappeared as dark clouds covered the Mumbai horizon, rains destroying the two cent hope the Chennai cement tycoon had to regain his foothold in the world's richest cricket board.


N Srinivasan

During a private lunch, Sharad Pawar and Shashank Manohar were told that Srinivasan had not given up hope. They were told that in a petition in the Chennai High Court, BJP's Subramaniam Swamy had argued that Manohar was the man who cleared contracts during the contentious IPL regime headed by Lalit Modi. And that, the Interpol was looking into Manohar's role along with that of Modi.