New Delhi : The internal feud within the BCCI took an ugly turn with Board Secretary Anurag Thakur launching a stinging attack on ICC Chairman N Srinivasan, after the ICC claimed he was seen with a suspected bookie.
ICC Chief Executive Dave Richardson had written a letter to BCCI president Jagmohan Dalmiya about Thakur being photographed with one Karan Gilhotra, whose name allegedly figures in the list of suspected bookies.
Thakur, in a rebuttal on Monday, said that he was being attacked at Srinivasan’s behest and also urged him to share the list of suspected bookies.
He ended the letter by advising the Tamil Nadu strongman to share the “information” about bookies “with his family members, whose involvement in betting has been proved”.
Thakur also said in his letter he had known Gilhotra because he was active in political and cricketing activities in Punjab and adjacent states. ‘‘I had no knowledge or any clue about his ‘activities as a suspected bookie’,’’ he said.
Thakur’s remarks have stirred up a hornet’s nest. The former BCCI chief, Srinivasan, is also under fire on the issue involving the contentious valuation of the India Cements-owned CSK franchise.
