IPL spotfixing: Srinivasan refuses to quit, says he has done nothing wrong

The BCCI president N Srinivasan maintained that he won39t quit as he had quotdone no wrongquot quotI will not shirk from my duty The BCCI will act without fear or favour We will investigate All the reports that there was a revolt in the BCCI none of that happened The BCCI is united It is determined to work and justify people39s faith in the IPLquot said Srinivasan here hours before the Indian Premier League IPL final match at the Eden Gardens between Chennai Super Kings and Mumbai Indians The BCCI chief u00a0added that an independent commission will be set up to probe his soninlaw Gurunath Meiyappan39s role in the spot fixing scandal in the Indian Premier League IPL Srinivasan also made it amply clear that he will not be part of the commission nor will he have a role in selecting it quotWith Gurunath Meiyappan the legal process has already started He has been banned immediatelyquot said Srinivasan N Srinivasan quotThe disciplinary procedure will be initiated A commission including a member independent of BCCI will investigate into this I am not part of this commission I will not play any role in its appointment or its workquot Srinivasan said at a press conference here hours before the Indian Premier League final The top BCCI brass was engaged in hectic consultations in Kolkata to find out ways and means of salvaging the board39s image which has seemingly taken a hit after the scam came to light and enveloped former and present cricketers besides Chennai Super Kings Chief Executive Officer Gurunath Meiyappan who also happens to be Srinivasan39s soninlaw A feeling among a section of the board officials is that Srinivasan should quit quotat least temporarilyquot pending the inquiry into the scandal in which his close relative and franchise top honcho is now facing grilling in Mumbai police custody Meiyappan gave himself up late Friday night to Mumbai police who arrested him after a threehour grilling Meiyappan39s name cropped up after police arrested Bollywood actor Vindoo Dara Singh who was seen in the VIP boxes during Super Kings39 matches However on a day the BCCI suspended Meiyappan Srinivasan continued to maintain in the unofficial parleys that there was no reason for him to quit BCCI vicepresident Arun Jaitley held a meeting with Srinivasan but what transpired during the teteetete is not yet known On Saturday Srinivasan attended a dinner thrown by former board chief Jagmohan Dalmiya here amid speculation that some BCCI members have come together to ensure his exit from the apex body of Indian cricket Besides Dalmiya and Srinivasan Indian Premier League IPL chairman Rajeev Shukla board vicepresident Chitrak Mitra former board secretary Niranjan Shah and functionaries of Cricket Association of Bengal CAB were present at the dinner in a south Kolkata fivestar hotel A veteran board member described Srinivasan39s position as quotuntenablequot with the sponsors of Indian cricket threatening to withdraw if he continued to head the board Team India39s sponsors Sahara India chief Subrata Roy has pulled his team Pune Warriors from the IPL and described the BCCI39s style of functioning under Srinivasan as quotdisgusting irritating and frustratingquot quotA person like Srinivasan does not know how to run cricket Sahara will not sponsor Team India as long as Srinivasan stays as its chiefquot Roy was quoted as saying by a TV channel IPL sponsors Pepsi has also reportedly informed the Indian board that it would review its association with the league quotIf the fallout of the controversy is the exit of sponsors then that will be a serious setback for Indian cricket Srinivasan will have to go if not today then after some time His position has become untenable But it is up to him whether he will quit on his own or choose to stayquot the board member said