Chirayu Amin, an industrialist and head of the Baroda Cricket Association, has been named interim chairman of the IPL by the BCCI, following Lalit Modi's suspension after the league's final on Sunday night.
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chairman, met at the BCCI headquarters in Mumbai to discuss the issue of Lalit Modi, who was sent a charge sheet after the tournament's final, and the possibility of an IPL without him.
Absent from the meeting were Modi and Farooq Abdullah, the president of the Jammu & Kashmir Cricket Association. Those present included the BCCI president Shashank Manohar, vice-President Arun Jaitley, secretary N Srinivasan, media and finance committee chairman Rajiv Shukla and IPL vice-chairman Niranjan Shah.
The meeting started at 10 am, just a few hours after the BCCI sent Modi a show-cause notice, and a charge-sheet specifying the allegations, that capped two weeks of raging controversy over financial wrong-doings in IPL. Modi was asked by the BCCI to reply to the show-cause notice within 15 days.
Absent from the meeting were Modi and Farooq Abdullah, the president of the Jammu & Kashmir Cricket Association. Those present included the BCCI president Shashank Manohar, vice-President Arun Jaitley, secretary N Srinivasan, media and finance committee chairman Rajiv Shukla and IPL vice-chairman Niranjan Shah.
The meeting started at 10 am, just a few hours after the BCCI sent Modi a show-cause notice, and a charge-sheet specifying the allegations, that capped two weeks of raging controversy over financial wrong-doings in IPL. Modi was asked by the BCCI to reply to the show-cause notice within 15 days.
Newly-appointed Indian Premier League [ Images ] interim commissioner Chirayu Amin is no new face to Indian cricket administration.
Besides being a vice-president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India and president of the Baroda Cricket Association, he is also a member of the Twenty20 [ Images ] extravaganza's governing council.
A noted industrialist, he is chairman and managing director of Alembic Pharmaceuticals. As cricket administrator, the expectation is that he will carry the same passion and drive that made his company a leading player in the pharmaceutical industry.
It was not surprising that BCCI utilised the services of the 62-year-old in its marketing committee.
Besides being a shrewd businessman, the Vadodara-based Amin is also an excellent administrator. Proof of that can be seen in the Baroda Cricket Association's success in the Ranji Trophy in recent years.
Amin, who holds a BSc and an MBA, is also chairman of Shreno Ltd [ Get Quote ]., Alembic Glass Industries Ltd. and Paushak Limited. He is director of United Phosphorous Ltd. since July 28, 2006, and an independent Non-Executive Director of Elecon Engineering Company Ltd [ Get Quote ]. since June 29, 1998.
