Srinivisan keeps mum post-SC verdict

New Delhi, Jan 22: Sidelined BCCI president N. Srinivasan refused to comment following the Supreme Court's decision Thursday to bar him from contesting the election for the Indian cricket board's governing body presidency due to a "conflict of interest". The apex court pointed out that as Srinivasan is the managing director of India Cements Pvt Ltd, the company which owns Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise Chennai Super Kings (CSK), and also a top official in the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), there was a conflict of interest. When contacted by IANS, Srinivasan said: "I am not talking now." The apex court order came as it struck down an amendment to the BCCI rules which permitted the office bearers of the apex cricket body to have commercial interests in IPL and the Champions League Twenty20 and all events organised by the BCCI.