CHENNAI: Three-time Indian Premier League champions Chennai Super Kings have named former IPL chief operating officer Sundar Raman as a consultant.
Raman will look after the commercial and marketing strategies of the IPL franchise, CSK sources told PTI on Sunday. “Yes, Sundar Raman will come in as consultant and will handle the commercial and marketing strategies of CSK,” the sources said, adding that an official announcement would be made soon.
As for the role CSK chief executive officer KS Viswanathan will have in the new dispensation, said sources told the newswire that cricket operations would remain under oversight.
Raman joins CSK from Reliance Industries, where he was working in a consultative capacity, after earlier having run all sporting operations as CEO, Reliance Sports.
Raman joined the IPL in February 2008 from WPP Group’s MindShare India media agency, where he was the managing director.
Raman is perceived to be close to India Cements managing director N Srinivasan, a former BCCI president and ICC chairman. The former IPL COO had worked with Srinivasan during the latter’s tenure as BCCI chief and his position at ICC.
In 2015, Sundar Raman had resigned as the IPL COO amid investigation into the 2013 spot-fixing scandal.
