Anirudh Chaudhry

Anirudh Chaudhry is the Treasurer of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). He has served as the manager of the Indian team for its tour of England in 2011.[1] Other positions he held include honorary secretary of the Haryana Cricket Association,[1] Manager of the Indian team for the ICC T20 World Cup in England in 2009[1] and manager of the India under-19 team that took part in the ICC under-19 World Cup held in New Zealand in 2010.[1]

Anirudh Chaudhry
Treasurer of the Board of Control for Cricket in India
Personal details
NationalityIndian
Websitebcci.tv

Personal life

His father Ranbir Singh Mahendra was the President of the BCCI.[2]

Controversy

Chaudhry has been the focus of several controversies. One of those revolved around spendings in maintaining his three offices, which was raised in 2014.[3] The subject of BCCI's and Chaudhry's spending was raised again in 2017.[4]

A second controversy was around the implementation of recommendation by a panel headed by Rajendra Mal Lodha, a subject which was placed before the Supreme Court of India. In July 2017 Chaudhry was accused by the Committee of Administrators (CoA) that he "lacks courage to implement Lodha reforms".[5] In September 2017 he was one of the three senior BCCI officials which were reprimanded by the Supreme Court for their "obstinate behaviour" in handling the recommendations.[6] In November 2017, allegations were raised that Chaudhry has issued death threats to BCCI CFO, Santosh Rangnekar. The allegations were denied by Chaudhry's attorney.[7] In January 2018 the other two officials has stated explicitly that Chaudhry was the "hurdle in the process of implementing the recommendations",[8] though Chaudhry claims he was singled out because he is "the only one asking questions".[9]

References
  1. "Anirudh Chaudhry is Indian team manager". thehindu.com. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
  2. "After father, Anirudh Choudhary gets into BCCI hierarchy". mid-day.com. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
  3. "BCCI treasurer Anirudh Chaudhry has 3 offices, including a 5-star hotel suite". Sportskeeda. Indo-Asian News Service. 15 August 2014. Retrieved 9 March 2018.
  4. Pandey, Devendra (17 August 2017). "Perks of BCCI officials: 3.23 crore spent on Choudhary and Chaudhry, says CoA". The Indian Express. Retrieved 9 March 2018.
  5. Majumdar, Boria (12 July 2017). "Exclusive: Anirudh Chaudhry lacks courage to implement Lodha reforms, CoA tells Supreme Court". India Today. Retrieved 9 March 2018.
  6. "Supreme Court admonishes 'obstinate' BCCI bosses, no order on new constitution". Hindustan Times. 21 September 2017. Retrieved 9 March 2018.
  7. "Supreme Court wants to know if BCCI treasurer Anirudh Chaudhry threatened its CFO". Hindustan Times. Press Trust of India. 29 November 2017. Retrieved 9 March 2018.
  8. Luthra, Chander Shekhar (30 January 2018). "Here's why BCCI treasurer Anirudh Chaudhry is in spotlight". Dna India. Retrieved 9 March 2018.
  9. Bose, Soumitra (28 January 2018). "BCCI administrators target treasurer in its 6th status report to Supreme Court on Lodha reforms". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 9 March 2018.
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