The Supreme Court today proposed BCCI President N Srinivasan's replacement by Sunil Gavaskar and suspension of Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and Rajasthan Royals (RR) from IPL 7 till the pendency of the case of betting and spot fixing before it. The court said, it is intending to bar CSK and RR from participating in the IPL 7 tournament slated to begin from April 16. CSK is owned by India Cements, which is promoted by Srinivasan, and RR’s players and team officials are allegedly involved in the scandal.

A Bench headed by Justice A K Patnaik proposed the name of veteran cricketer and commentator Sunil Gavaskar to head the Board during the pendency of the case in the apex court. The Bench asked the Board to give its response by tomorrow on its proposals after which it will pass an interim order.

The Bench also proposed to pass an order barring India Cements officials from getting involved with the functioning of BCCI after senior counsel Harish Salve, appearing for Cricket Association of Bihar, pointed out that many such officials are at present, part of the BCCI team. Salve also raised questions on the conduct of captain of Indian Cricket Team, M S Dhoni, who is also Vice President of India Cements, saying that he is guilty of corrupt practices.

Meanwhile, the BCCI has postponed its press conference to launch IPL 7. The press conference was scheduled to take place at Abu Dhabi today. The decision was taken after the Supreme Court's strong observations against N Srinivasan and the IPL.