The CEO of the Chennai Super Kings, Kasi Viswanthan, told PTI on Wednesday that former BCCI president N Srinivasan’s return to sports administration as chairman will largely be consultative in nature but is a huge boost for the legendary franchise.
Srinivasan, who is 80 years old, was named chairman of CSK at the franchise’s board meeting a few weeks ago.
“See, it’s a great boon for CSK and he’s been the best administrator for us and I’m very happy that he’s come back into CSK. He’ll be in an advisory role only because he doesn’t travel much, but we’ll be in contact with him.”
“Both of us are in Chennai only. So he’s in day-to-day contact with us,” said Viswanathan adding that Srinivasan would also be in charge of managing CSK’s holdings in Major League Cricket and SA20.
“He will be in charge everything (all CSK properties),” said the CEO.
Former India spinner R Ashwin revealed last month that he was retiring from the IPL, concluding his tournament career with CSK, the franchise that first brought him to prominence.
Asked if Ashwin could be seen playing for CSK’s properties in SA20 and USA, Viswanathan said: “See, Ashwin is already in our academy. So we are already using him.
“As far as playing for us in SA20 and MLC is concerned, he is not registered for SA20. He is registered only with ILT20 (where CSK doesn’t have a presence),” added Viswanathan.
