Will IPL 7 see strategic time-outs, cheerleaders and after-match parties?

Mumbai: After taking charge as the interim president of the BCCI, Jagmohan Dalmiya pledged to clean the mess in Indian Premier League. He wants to impose ban on strategic time-outs, cheergirls and after-match parties in the IPL. Talking about his goals, he said, "Those are all some possibilities. But first we should try to keep everything alive. I don't have any medicine that gets instant result. It's not a magic, but we will try our best."

On whether there was a timeline for the probe against Srinivasan's son-in-law Gurunath Meiyappan and CSK franchise, Dalmiya said, "It is a million dollar question. How can there be a timeline. It will depend on how you proceed and how you work.

"Just 24 hours have past since I took over. Let us wait and not rush through."

Jagmohan Dalmiya is not hurrying to cleanse the Indian cricket with any ‘instant magic’. Even 24 hours after being given the responsibility to handle the day-to-day operations of the BCCI, the Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) looked careful in his approach to settle down and get going.

"It is difficult time for Indian cricket, but all efforts will be made to clean up the game," he said at the CAB headquarters at the Eden Gardens on Monday evening. When asked whether he was clear about his powers and authority, Dalmiya only said, "Just wait and see how far I can go." He also refused to accept that Sunday's emergent working committee meeting in Chennai was illegal.

He evaded questions pertaining to his representing BCCI in the ICC saying, "no decision yet. I may and may not present at the ICC."

For a man who has seen it all, having held the top posts at the ICC and the BCCI, becoming the chief of the working group shouldn't mean much. And yet, this appointment does give off the feeling of personal victory for Dalmiya.

He was thrown out of the BCCI in 2006 on grounds of misappropriation of funds during the 1996 World Cup in India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. From that low point - where Dalmiya and the Board fought a battle in court - to this, is nothing but life coming full circle.