ICC Chairman Narayanaswami Srinivasan, also the ex-president of Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), allegedly hired a London firm to spy on BCCI officials, NDTV reports.
Noting the BCCI's working committee in Kolkata could spell fresh trouble for former BCCI chief Srinivasan, the NDTV report says: “Apart from the issue of undervaluing the CSK (Chennai Super Kings) franchise, another issue that can land Srinivasan in thick soup is the issue of allegedly paying Rs 14 crores of BCCI's money to a London-based private agency to spy on other BCCI members, tapping their phones and tracking their e-mails in the process.”
"NDTV understands that the BCCI is expected to launch an official enquiry into the matter that is expected to be headed by Anurag Thakur. The board will investigate why the former BCCI boss allegedly snooped on other members and who authorised him to spend the board's money for this purpose in the first place."
The BCCI's first working committee meeting under new chief Jagmohan Dalmiya will look at the low valuation of the CSK and discuss the future of the Champions League Twenty20.
On March 29, the ICC chairman Srinivasan had stirred controversy by not allowing the organisation's President AHM Mustafa Kamal to hand over the ICC 2015 Cricket World Cup trophy to champions Australia after the finale in Melbourne.
According to the ICC constitution, the president will “present trophies at global competitions. But Kamal’s moment was stolen by the organisation’s Chairman Narayanswami Srinivasan as the Indian, booed to the podium, gave the trophy to Australia captain Michael Clarke.
Kamal resigned as ICC president on April 1. He left ICC on the allegations that the rules and regulations of ICC constitution were violated in the cricket organisation.