N Srinivasan and his many controversies

Not since Lieutenant Colonel Sir Vijay Ananda Gajapathi Raju, better known as Vizzy, has a cricket administrator been as universally mistrusted as N Srinivasan.

Updated: April 27, 2015 11:48 PM IST

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N Srinivasan and his many controversies

Srinivasan

Not since Lieutenant Colonel Sir Vijay Ananda Gajapathi Raju, better known as Vizzy, has a cricket administrator been as universally mistrusted as N Srinivasan. From charges of conflict of interest to outright corruption, Srinivasan is a highly unpopular figure in world cricket.Shiamak Unwalla lists out the various controversies of the man the cricketing world fears most:

1:  N Srinivasan’s and Chennai Super Kings 

The fact that Chennai Super Kings (CSK) was owned by N Srinivasan’s company India Cements while he was the chief of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) was ethically a huge transgression. The Supreme Court, while announcing its verdict on the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2013 Spot-fixing and betting scandal, did not indict him on corruption and betting charges. However, Srinivasan passed off his son-in-law Gurunath Meiyappan — facing serious charges — as a “cricket enthusiast”  when in reality he was CSK’s team principal. It was condemned by the SC. Meiyappan was arrested for the charges as well.

2:  Investment in Jaganmohan Reddy’s companies 

Jaganmohan Reddy is the son of late Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Rajasekhara Reddy. Srinivasan’s India Cements was allegedly one of the many companies that invested heavily in Jaganmohan’s businesses in exchange for favours from his politician father. Srinivasan had to appear in court about the same.

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