Narayanaswami Srinivasan, the India Cements chairman and former BCCI president, became the first chairman of the ICC under the new governance model. His tenure was the most controversial in ICC history, as he was a central figure in the Big Three restructuring that gave India, England, and Australia outsized control over world cricket's finances and governance. He faced a conflict of interest as he owned the Chennai Super Kings in the IPL while heading the BCCI.
Key Achievements
- •Implemented the Big Three governance model, giving major boards more direct control
- •Pushed for increased revenue from ICC events
- •Oversaw the early planning stages of the 2015 Cricket World Cup
Controversies
- •Chief architect of the 'Big Three' restructuring criticized for creating an inequitable power structure
- •Faced massive conflict of interest as owner of Chennai Super Kings while heading the BCCI
- •His son-in-law Gurunath Meiyappan was convicted of illegal betting in the IPL spot-fixing scandal
- •India's Supreme Court forced him to step aside as BCCI president due to conflict of interest
- •Widely seen as having used the ICC chairmanship to serve Indian commercial interests