New Delhi - Hours after the Indian cricket board called an emergency meeting of its working committee on Sunday to decide the fate of its chief, N. Srinivasan, Indian Premier League (IPL) chairman Rajeev Shukla put in his papers, citing the controversy surrounding the Twenty20 tournament.
Shukla’s decision was on expected lines after he had expressed his unwillingness to continue in the next season following the IPL spot fixing controversy that has hit the sixth edition of the cash-rich league. Shukla was unavailable for comment.
His resignation came after the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) called an emergency meeting in Chennai to decide Srinivasan’s fate in the wake of the alleged spot fixing in the IPL. Pressure to resign is mounting on Srinivasan, whose son-in-law Gurunath Meiyappan was arrested by Mumbai Police May 24 for his alleged involvement in spot fixing.
In the last 24 hours, the pressure on him to quit rose with the resignation of two of his senior colleagues, BCCI secretary Sanjay Jagdale and treasurer Ajay Shirke, citing moral grounds.
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