The Board of Control for Cricket in India decided to hold its annual general meeting on December 17 while expressing support to its erstwhile president and the present chairman of the International Cricket Council N Srinivasan.

The working committee meeting was held on Tuesday after submission of the Mudgal Committee report on the IPL betting and fixing scandal to the Supreme Court on Monday.

The Court-appointed panel cleared Srinivasan of any involvement in fixing or betting charges but found fault for ignoring a violation of the code of conduct by an unnamed player.

‘No taint’ Srinivasan, chairman of International Cricket Council, was present at the meeting as chief of the Tamil Nadu Cricket Association.

A statement issued by the BCCI said that “there is no taint on the conduct of Srinivasan and the allegations levelled against him by unscrupulous elements were baseless and were aimed at destabilising the working of the BCCI.”

The members also discussed the final report of the Mudgal Committee. The working committee also heard the IPL Chief Operating Officer Sundar Raman’s explanation regarding references to him in the report. The members decided that the board would support Raman to represent himself before the Supreme Court, the statement said.

The Mudgal Committee report said that Raman knew a contact of a bookie and had been in touch with him during a season. It also said that Raman had received information about Gurunath Meiyappan of Chennai Super Kings and Raj Kundra of Rajasthan Royals taking part in betting activities.

“We will wait for the Supreme Court decision. Whatever they say, we will accept. Like everybody is given an opportunity to explain himself, we have decided that Raman should be allowed to present himself in the Supreme Court,” BCCI secretary Sanjay Patel told newspersons in a brief interaction with reporters after the meeting.

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