Indian
cricket team captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni has offered to quit as
skipper of Chennai Super Kings following the controversy over conflict
of interest. Dhoni, who has been leading the Chennai team since it came
into existence, also offered to give up the vice-presidentship of India
Cements Limited, a company headed by N. Srinivasan.
The
news comes a day after the Supreme Court on Friday appointed Sunil
Gavaskar the interim president of the Indian cricket board in place of
the tainted incumbent N. Srinivasan. Srinivasan gets sacked, Gavaskar to take charge as BCCI chief
An
apex court bench headed by Justice A.K. Patnaik said Gavaskar would
only be concerned with matters related to the seventh edition of the
Indian Premier League.
The rest of the functions of the Board of
Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) would be discharged by its
senior-most vice-president Shivlal Yadav.
It is believed that Dhoni was upset over his name being dragged in the IPL spot-fixing. Gavaskar's appointment builds optimism in cricket fraternity
Harish
Salve, the counsel for Bihar cricket association chief Aditya Verma, on
Thursday had accused Dhoni of giving false statements to the Mudgal
committee about the role of Gurunath Meiyappan, son-in-law of N.
Srinivasan, in Chennai Super Kings.
Salve, who appeared in Supreme
Court for the petitioner Aditya Verma, secretary of Cricket Association
of Bihar, said it was indeed a lie aimed at cover-up.
"He
(Dhoni) said this on record. In one voice with Srinivasan he said that
Meiyappan was only an enthusiast. I have no personal knowledge of it, it
is the report that said. According to the report, Meiyappan used to sit
in the players dug out and was also there in the players auction for
the team (CSK). And Dhoni knew it. What was the need for the captain to
say that. The definition of corruption includes cover-up," Salve said.
