Former ICC President N. Srinivasan, who touched his career as a cricket administrator after a conflict of interest allegations in 2015, returned with CSK ownership group, Chennai Super Kings Cricket Limited, as its Chairman.
Chennai Super Kings are undoubtedly one of the most important aspects in the Indian Premier League history, as they have been crowned the champion of the franchise tournament 5 times in the history of the league.
The CSK management, however, is a controversial past, which is associated with the alleged claims of the conflict of interest as well as their links to the match-fixer, ie cricket bookies. It gave rise to CSK’s two -year ban in the IPL from 2016 to 2017.
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N Srinivasan returns to CSK with an official administrative role
The brain and soul behind the former ICC President and Chennai Super Kings Team, N Srinivasan returns to the cricket field as a administrator. Legendary Administrator has returned as the chairman of Chennai Super Kings Cricket Limited (CSKCL), the company who owns the franchise.
It is reported that Srinivasan and his daughter, Rupa Gurunath, joined the board of CSKCL for the first time in February 2025. In his annual report published on 2 September, it was mentioned that Srinivasan had his cousin R. Srinivasan has captured the post of president.
On the other hand, Rupa, who was the President of the Tamil Nadu Cricket Association, was made the full -time director of CSKCL a week ago. Srinivasan, although never directly involved with the Chennai Super Kings administration, was the owner of the team under the company, India Cements, and the brain behind the formation of the franchise.
Does MS Dhoni’s stay by the new management to be questioned?
With the appointment of the new chairman of the Chennai Super Kings -owned company, a serious question has been raised on whether the new management can implement questions on the credibility and needs of 44 -year -old MS Dhoni on the Chennai Super Kings side.
MS Dhoni is probably going to play in his final IPL season with Chennai Super Kings in IPL 2026, as he has been asked for many new appointments. However, due to no confirmation on Dhoni’s participation yet, changes in managerial duties can eliminate his IPL campaign to a great extent without much farewell.
Srinivasan graph as cricket administrator
Srinivasan is often called the largest administrator of the game from India, as he began his cricket administration in 2002 as the President of the Tamil Nadu Cricket Association and took the office after being re -elected by 2017.
He was the 30th President of BCCI and was successful on the chair after Shashank Manohar in 2011 and continued until 2013. During its time, India gained immense power on the International Cricket Administration.
He soon left the BCCI to appoint the ICC President in 2014 and took the office by 2015; Earlier, he already remained the BCCI Secretary from 2008 to 2011, like the current ICC President J Shah.
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