<p>Indian cricket board president Narayanaswami Srinivasan raised a few eyebrows as he chaired the meeting of the disciplinary committee that served life bans on tainted cricketers S.Sreesanth and Ankeet Chavan here Friday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The self-recused Board of Cricket for Control in India (BCCI)chief remained unfazed and told IANS: "I have chaired the meeting." <br /><br />Asked if he was morally right to chair the meeting, Srinivasan said: "What more important is that we have taken some strict actions against the tainted cricketers. I am still the president of the BCCI and have the right to chair the meeting."<br /><br />Srinivasan had stepped aside as the BCCI chief, handing over the day-to-day affairs to Jagmohan Dalmiya, after his son-in-law Gurunath Meiyappan was arrested by Mumbai police for betting in the IPL.<br /><br />Srinivasan had also filed an affidavit in the Bombay High Court July 4 that he would return to the board chief's post only after the commission that was set up by the board comes up with a full and final decision against Gurunath and India Cements. <br /><br />But the commission July 28 gave a clean chit to Gurunath and India Cements of any betting the IPL, paving way for Srinivasan's return to the board.<br /><br />However, the Bombay High Court ruled that the commission was illegal and the BCCI then appealed against the ruling in the Supreme Court.<br /><br />The panel comprising Srinivasan and BCCI vice presidents Niranjan Shah and Arun Jaitley banned Rajasthan Royals cricketers S. Sreesanth and Ankeet Chavan for life for their involvement in the spot-fixing scandal.<br /><br />Amit Singh and Siddharth Trivedi were handed five and one year bans, while young left-arm spinner Harmeet Singh has been let off with a warning. Ajit Chandila's case will be taken up later.</p>
<p>Indian cricket board president Narayanaswami Srinivasan raised a few eyebrows as he chaired the meeting of the disciplinary committee that served life bans on tainted cricketers S.Sreesanth and Ankeet Chavan here Friday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The self-recused Board of Cricket for Control in India (BCCI)chief remained unfazed and told IANS: "I have chaired the meeting." <br /><br />Asked if he was morally right to chair the meeting, Srinivasan said: "What more important is that we have taken some strict actions against the tainted cricketers. I am still the president of the BCCI and have the right to chair the meeting."<br /><br />Srinivasan had stepped aside as the BCCI chief, handing over the day-to-day affairs to Jagmohan Dalmiya, after his son-in-law Gurunath Meiyappan was arrested by Mumbai police for betting in the IPL.<br /><br />Srinivasan had also filed an affidavit in the Bombay High Court July 4 that he would return to the board chief's post only after the commission that was set up by the board comes up with a full and final decision against Gurunath and India Cements. <br /><br />But the commission July 28 gave a clean chit to Gurunath and India Cements of any betting the IPL, paving way for Srinivasan's return to the board.<br /><br />However, the Bombay High Court ruled that the commission was illegal and the BCCI then appealed against the ruling in the Supreme Court.<br /><br />The panel comprising Srinivasan and BCCI vice presidents Niranjan Shah and Arun Jaitley banned Rajasthan Royals cricketers S. Sreesanth and Ankeet Chavan for life for their involvement in the spot-fixing scandal.<br /><br />Amit Singh and Siddharth Trivedi were handed five and one year bans, while young left-arm spinner Harmeet Singh has been let off with a warning. Ajit Chandila's case will be taken up later.</p>