Dalmiya’s ‘fight’ with Srinivasan

A strife is apparent between India cricket board’s President Jagmohan Dalmiya and International Cricket Council Chairman N Srinivasan over appointment of IPL chief.

The move further intensifies the relationship of Srinivasan with the cricketing world after AHM Mustafa Kamal quit as ICC president complaining against him.

Rajiv Shukla was made chairman of the Indian Premier League (IPL) cricket’s governing council against Srinivasan camp’s choice of Ranjib Biswal.

The BCCI made public the list of all its sub-committees, along with IPL operational committees, on Monday evening. The lists were finalised more than a month after the AGM.

With the BCCI elections resulting into a split house, the AGM had authorised Dalmiya and BCCI Secretary Anurag Thakur to appoint various committees. With time running out, the committees were announced two days ahead of the start of the IPL's eighth edition.

It is understood that Shukla emerged as a dark horse since neither the Srinivasan faction nor the Sharad Pawar group was willing to arrive at a consensus, reports ESPNCricinfo.

Srinivasan group had demanded that Ranjib Biswal, who had taken over after Shukla resigned as IPL chairman in the aftermath of the IPL graft scandal in 2013, be continued to head IPL.

All the sub-committees will be reconstituted during the next BCCI annual general meeting, scheduled to be held in September. The tenure of office-bearers and vice-presidents, however, will be till the 2017 AGM.

On the other hand, former India captain Sourav Ganguly replaced GR Viswanath as one of the two cricketers on the governing council.