N.Srinivasan delighted to be back as the BCCI president

N.Srinivasan’s (L) son-in-law Gurunath Meiyappan has been charged by the Mumbai police in the IPL betting scandal

N.Srinivasan expressed his delight on being allowed to resume office as the BCCI president by the Supreme Court of India.

The SC also ruled that a three-member panel consisting of former High Court judge Mukul Mudgal, senior advocate and additional solicitor general L Nageshwar Rao and Assam Cricket Association member Nilay Dutta will carry out an independent probe into the allegations of spot-fixing in the Indian Premier League.

Speaking to the reporters on the back of Supreme Court’s ruling, N.Srinivasan said: “I think the Supreme Court has said I can resume functioning and discharge my functions. So I am quite happy because BCCI needs somebody.”

When asked about the independent probe by the three-member committee, he said: “I have no comment on the new committee, Supreme Court has directly formed it. I am not a part of it. I have nothing to do with it.”

The Supreme Court had also ordered the BCCI President to refrain himself from intervening into the committee reports. The order read: “The BCCI or respondent No.2 (Srinivasan) will not in any manner interfere in the probe and co-operate with providing any documents and material required to the probe.”