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Team owners upset at BCCI secretary's 'multiple role'

MUMBAI: There is a controversy brewing inside the Indian Premier League with fingers being pointed at BCCI secretary N Srinivasan. Throughout the player auction that went on for two days in succession, Srinivasan — also a governing council member, president-elect, Tamil Nadu Cricket Association president and, of course, an owner of Chennai Super Kings — sat inside the auction room, keeping track of the developments. Further to that, when the auction list was planned and it was decided which set of players would be placed where in that list, Srinivasan was part of the governing council's decision-making team as much as he was part of his own franchise. On the face of it, both his franchise and the governing council deny any 'advantage' to Chennai Super Kings. "There is not going to be any unfair advantage to anyone," said Chirayu Amin, the governing council chairman. A CSK official brushed the issue aside, saying: "What all things the media keeps imagining!" However, six of the 10 IPL franchises expressed their concern to TOI in private. "What can be done? We don't understand how can he just occupy all those positions and have both feet in two boats at the same time?" said one owner. When Amin was asked on Sunday if BCCI thought it was fair to allow Srinivasan to continue in a similar manner, the IPL chairman gave a lengthy reply but did not touch upon Srinivasan's role. "We want to maintain complete transparency as far as our communication with the franchise is concerned. They are all partners and there is not going to be an unfair advantage to anyone. Corporate governance is an issue where we are sitting and that is our basic premise. We want to deliver that. The best thing would be to ask the franchises if they are being unfairly treated or not. If they tell us we are open about it because we keep having a dialogue all the time," he said.

                                                                                                               
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