Losing the day job

N Srinivasan, president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India, and vice-chairman and managing director of Chennai-based India Cements, told journalists in a combative news conference on Sunday that he would not resign as head of the BCCI. This is in spite of the fact that his son-in-law Gurunath Meiyappan has been remanded in police custody till May 29, and the evidence of his involvement with a betting syndicate appears to be mounting; Mr Meiyappan has been "suspended" by the BCCI from involvement in cricket in general and the Chennai Super Kings team in the Indian Premier League (IPL) in particular.

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