New Delhi, Dec 2: Cricket Association of Bihar (CAB) secretary Aditya Verma Tuesday alleged that sidelined Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) president N Srinivasan is dragging the names of former reputed cricketers in the Supreme Court to cover up for his own "conflict of interest".
The court questioned how Srinivasan, besides being the president of the BCCI, a member of the Indian Premier League (IPL) governing council and vice-chairman and managing director of India Cement Ltd that owns Chennai Super Kings, could have a team despite the BCCI rule 6.2.4 barring the cricketing body's office-bearers and administrators from having, directly or indirectly, any commercial interest in any event organised by the Board.
'Srikanth was widely criticised for being a CSK official'
The court Monday asked Srinivasan to show he was not in conflict of interest over the betting allegations against his son-in-law Gurunath Meiyappan, an official of CSK.
Verma said there were a couple of exceptions like K Srikanth and L Sivaramakrishnan. "Srikanth was widely criticised for being a CSK official despite being the chairman of the national selection committee. Worse is Shivaramakrishnan - a commentator, an ICC sub-committee member and an India Cement employee, thanks to the blessing of one person," Verma said.
The BCCI counsel also dragged the name of Vijay Mallya to the court, the CAB secretary said.
"Mallya, the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) boss, was only an executive committee member of the Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA). How could the BCCI counsel compare him with Srinivasan? Was he a BCCI member when RCB was inducted in the IPL? To protect one lie, he was only telling the court a pack of lies."
Verma alleged Srinivasan, as the president of the BCCI and previously as the secretary and treasurer of the board, blatantly misused his power.
IANS