Hussey backflips for Indian bully

Michael Hussey is inadvertently embroiled in a scandal. Source: News Limited

MIKE Hussey has become inadvertently embroiled in the scandal enveloping cricket's most dodgy and dangerous bully, Indian board president N.Srinivasan.

The former Australian champion and current IPL star with the Chennai Super Kings felt the need to apologise to Srinivasan following the recent release of Hussey's autobiography, Under the Southern Cross.

Srinivasan owns the Super Kings through his company India Cements but his now disgraced son in law Gurunath Meiyappan ran the franchise until he was arrested for alleged illegal betting on the IPL in May.

From that moment Srinivasan suddenly distanced himself from his son in law, describing him as a cricket "enthusiast."

Hussey's book said: "Our owner was Indian Cements, headed by Mr Srinivasan. As he was also on the board of the BCCI, he gave control of the team to his son-in-law Mr Gurunath. He ran the team along with Kepler Wessels, who was coach."

Now Hussey, who hopes to continue his involvement with the Super Kings, has become part of a growing Australian tradition of back-flipping for fear that the rivers of gold available through cricket in India may suddenly dry up.

Hussey told Cricinfo he might have been "a little bit wrong" and that Srinivasan would "know a lot better" who ran the Super Kings.

President of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), N. Srinivasan. Source: AFP

"I knew he (Gurunath Meiyappan) was a close part of the team, no question about that, and I saw him around the team pretty much every day. [But] I am certainly not going to question the word of Mr Srinivasan."

Srinivasan has been shameless and ruthless wielding India's vast cricket wealth despite facing serious allegations himself.

The Central Bureau of Investigation is probing allegations of rorting water rights to double his cement company's profit and the failure to pay import duty on 11 luxury cars.

Following the arrest of his son in law Srinivasan was forced to step aside from daily administration of the Board of Control for Cricket in India by the Supreme Court.

Despite all this the BCCI took the remarkable step of re-electing him unopposed as president.

Such is his power as BCCI boss that Srinivasan may bankrupt Cricket South Africa, until recently a close ally.

Michael Hussey addressed his time in the IPL in his book. Source: News Limited

India is refusing to confirm a tour of South Africa because CSA appointed former International Cricket Council chief executive Haroon Lorgat as its CEO.

Srinivasan took exception to Lorgat when as ICC chief he attempted to reform the moribund governing body, which would have reduced India's power and influence.

So petty are Srinivasan and the BCCI that they employ a number of the television commentators who work on India home series and anyone who is remotely critical of any aspect of the board is sacked.

Earlier this year Tim May, the former Australian spinner, was forced off the ICC's cricket committee by the BCCI and replaced by BCCI employed commentator Laxman Sivaramakrishnan.

As chief executive of the Federation of International Cricketers' Associations May had been a constant critic of the BCCI.

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