Savant said Srinivasan would be attending the all-important meeting. “I think he should be attending the meeting. He will chair the meeting if he attends,” Savant, who is the president of the Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA), told reporters on the sidelines of a felicitation function for the Association’s panel of umpires.

Srinivasan had stepped aside as BCCI chief after his son-in-law and Chennai Super Kings Team Principal, Gurunath Meiyappan was allegedly involved in the Indian Premier League betting scandal. Former president Jagmohan Dalmiya was given the responsibility to run the day-to-day affairs of the BCCI.