Published: Jul 18, 2015, 04:12 PM (IST)
Edited: Jul 18, 2015, 04:16 PM (IST)
Kolkata: Former Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) Chief Shashank Manohar blamed the board to not take any actions at the appropriate time to clean up the mess in the Indian Premier League (IPL) and said that they have no choice but to comply with Lodha Committee’s recommendations. Also, he said that ex-chief N. Srinivasan should have stepped down, since there is no individual above the clean-run of the organisation. Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals were suspended for two years were on Tuesday from the league for two years by the Supreme Court-appointed Justice Lodha Committee in the spot fixing and betting scandal. READ: BCCI chief Jagmohan Dalmiya to skip IPL meeting on Sunday
“The BCCI has done nothing to improve its image and now the Board has no option but to implement Lodha Committee’s findings,” Manohar told reporters here.
He insisted that the BCCI’s indifference compelled the Supreme Court-appointed Lodha Committee to take action. “There has been no action from the BCCI to clean the mess and the Board’s work is done by the court. BCCI has to be proactive and look at the interest of the institution and not that of an individual in order to re-impose faith in the minds of the people,” Manohar, who met the current BCCI president Jagmohan Dalmiya here, said. READ: IPL council to discuss CSK, RR suspensions, World T20 league on July 19
Manohar criticised N Srinivasan, saying that the Tamil Nadu strongman should have stepped down as BCCI president when the spot-fixing scandal first broke out in 2013.
“Srinivasan should have stepped down in 2013, no individual is ahead of institution and he too is the root of all scandal and should immediately step down from his position as chairman of ICC,” he said.
On Tuesday, the Lodha Committee recommended suspension of two IPL franchises — Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals — for two years from the cash-rich league for betting activities of their key officials Gurunath Meiyappan and Raj Kundra during the 2013 season.
The committee also banned CSK team principal Meiyappan and Royals’ co-owner Kundra for life from any cricket-related activity after they were found guilty of placing bets.
