Srini removed from ICC

Narayanaswami Srinivasan was removed as International Cricket Council chairman on Monday after his home board announced it was withdrawing its support, following corruption scandals embroiling the sport in India.

Srinivasan will be replaced as head of the sport's world governing body by the powerful Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI)'s current president Shashank Manohar.

"The BCCI representative to the ICC will be Shashank Manohar," BCCI secretary Anurag Thakur told reporters after the board's annual general meeting in Mumbai.

"And by virtue of being the board's representative to the ICC he will take over as the ICC chairman."

Srinivasan was appointed ICC chief in June last year after being chosen by the BCCI as India's representative to the top role which rotates every two years among cricketing nations.

But the cement tycoon has been caught up in corruption scandals that have hit the glitzy and lucrative Indian Premier League (IPL).

The 70-year-old agreed to step aside as BCCI chief after a Supreme Court panel found him guilty of a conflict of interest for having commercial dealings in the sport.

ICC rules state that an administrator who is removed by his home board cannot serve in the world governing body, which effectively ends Srinivasan's tenure immediately.