N Srinivasan to skip upcoming ICC meet

New Delhi:  N Srinivasan, who has 'stepped aside' from attending the BCCI’s day-to-day affairs pending a probe into the spot-fixing scandal, won't be attending the International Cricket Council's (ICC) annual board meeting from June 23 in the UK.

Before stepping aside, Srinivasan had expressed an interest in representing the Indian board at the ICC but according to BCCI joint-secretary Anurag Thakur, Srinivasan hasn't expressed any interest since. Now, interim president Jagmohan Dalmiya is likely to attend the meeting.

"He (Srinivasan) hasn't expressed any desire to attend the ICC meeting so far. In the Chennai emergent working committee meeting, he had decided to step aside from day-to-day working of the board and there is no change in that," Thakur told repoters on Thursday, adding that Srinivasan also didn't attend the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) meeting in Kuala Lumpur last Saturday. "I had attended the ACC meeting last Saturday," Thakur said. In the ACC, Srinivasan is the president while Thakur is a member of the executive board.

According to sources, interim chief Dalmiya may step in or assign a representative. "If Dalmiya is keeping well, he will surely attend the meeting. He has the experience to handle ICC matters," a source said. "If Dalmiya doesn't attend, he will have the authority to assign a representative."