Pune: Less than a year ago, the then BCCI treasurer Ajay Shirke and secretary Sanjay Jagdale had resigned in the wake of the Indian Premier League spot fixing saga. The president had other ideas though, despite the name of his son-in-law being involved. Perhaps, he chose the harder way to go, one would have to assess.

"It's a really sad day. Although I am not connected to the Board now, we have all worked for that Board at some time. To have the Supreme Court of the land say that it's nauseating to see the president in his position is really sad," Shirke told mid-day.