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Alam Srinivas
Wed, July 03 2013
Playing by the bookmaker
Over the past two months, the Indian Premier League (IPL) was rocked by scandals of illegal betting, match-fixing, spot-fixing and conflicts of interest. IPL team owners, players, umpires and cricket administrators were accused of being involved with the betting syndicates. But what went unnoticed was that these issues had been highlighted last year in a book — Bookie, Gambler, Fixer, Spy: A Journey to the Heart of Cricket’s Underworld — written by Ed Hawkins.
Tue, June 11 2013
Srinivasan needs to make a complete exit for bringing shame upon nation
Ashwani Kumar, the former law minister, resigned because of 'verbal observations’ made by the apex court against him on his role to influence the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in the coal block scam. How can N Srinivasan stay as BCCI president after a 'written’ opinion by a sitting judge? says Alam Srinivas
Tue, June 04 2013
N Srinivasan and BCCI cannot escape responsibility for the rot in the IPL
After the fiasco of a meeting of the Board for Control of Cricket in India (BCCI) on June 2, N Srinivasan, the cricket board’s president who decided to 'step aside’ and not resign, justified the decision. He said, "I have not done anything wrong. There are no charges against me."
Sat, June 01 2013
An intelligent reader’s guide to IPL, betting and fixing
The Indian Premier League (IPL) has been discredited. The Board for Control of Cricket in India (BCCI) has emerged as a spineless, conspiratorial and politicised club that lacks transparency, ethics and integrity. The names of players, including Test cricketers, umpires, and Bollywood stars and starlets have been linked to bookies and spot-fixing. N Srinivasan, the BCCI president, maintains he is above board, despite his son-in-law, Gurunath Meiyappan, being arrested and mounting evidence for betting and possible fixing.