MUMBAI: Cocking a snook at all governance principles, former BCCI president N Srinivasan’s daughter Rupa Gurunath is set to be elected president of the Tamil Nadu Cricket Association (TNCA), Times of India reports.
It should come as no surprise that Ms Gurunath has zero experience in cricket administration so this move is essentially an exercise carried through to ensure the Tamil Nadu cricket strongman and former BCCI president’s continued and untrammelled control over the running of the TNCA.
Srinivasan has been at the helm of affairs of TNCA for a long time but is now barred from contesting elections under the new tenure clause in the BCCI constitution.
As per the TOI, Ms Gurunath’s name was floated during an informal meeting of TNCA club representatives and her nomination is likely to be announced during the executive committee meeting on Monday. The representatives want the “legacy” of Srinivasan to continue in TNCA, thus they insisted the India Cements director to take over the role in state association. She is also unlikely to face any competition during the election as no other name from the rival camps have emerged so far.
“Even though she is a newcomer to cricket politics, Rupa is extremely hands-on when it comes to the cement business. She is a chip off the old block and we believe she will be up for the challenge,” the paper quotes a source as saying.
It also bears noting that Srinivasan’s daughter is the wife of former Chennai Super Kings (CSK) team principal Gurunath Meiyappan, who had to quit from his post after the infamous spot-fixing allegations.
The TNCA elections are scheduled to be held on September 28 but the Supreme Court on Friday has given the state bodies an option of delaying the polls by a few days since there is little time left to complete the procedures.
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