BCCI officials are eagerly awaiting the arrival of Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley from Davos, in the aftermath of Supreme Court order that has caused mayhem in the board after N Srinivasan was directed to choose between BCCI and Chennai Super Kings (CSK). With the SC on Thursday ruling that the BCCI president-in-exile N Srinivasan will be disallowed from contesting the board elections until he gives up his commercial interests with CSK, all eyes are now trained on Arun Jaitley, the board’s go-to man whenever there’s a crisis — legal or within the boardroom.

Jaitley is expected to go into a hudddle with the embattled Srinivasan and Jagmohan Dalmiya upon his return to India on Friday and discuss the future course of action, sources told The Indian Express. Jaitley might not hold any formal position in the BCCI but remains an important figure in the background, calling the shots.

It is learnt that a few state associations spoke to Jaitely over phone and he assured them that he would decide on what’s to be done on his return. Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) members hold a majority of votes in the BCCI and out of 30 nearly eight come under BJP’s umbrella. “We spoke to Jaitley and he said let me come back, then we will decide what to do next. Jaitley will take a final call on it as he is our group head,” said a member of a top association.

For N Srinivasan, it’s now down to making a choice. After 17 months of legal wrangles he has to choose between BCCI and Chennai Super Kings (CSK). The Supreme Court has ordered that Srinivasan can’t contest the next round of BCCI polls until he relinquishes his commercial interest in CSK.

Sharad Pawar who has been critical of Srinivasan the last few days, staked claims to bringing about a change. “I am happy Srinivasan is out. Many things have been happening in cricket for so long and this verdict will help in ending them. The need of the hour is to bring a change in cricket set-up,” the former ICC President and BCCI top boss said.

Former BCCI president Shashank Manohar refused to comment. “It’s a 138-page verdict and I can’t comment until I read it in full.”

Jagmohan Dalmiya, too, evaded the issue. Srinivasan has six weeks to decide, for as per the court order, the BCCI elections should take place within that time frame. His loyalists wants him to be in charge of the Board affairs. “BCCI needs Srinivasan. Indian cricket needs his presence to move forward. So, as a senior cricket administrator my suggestions to him would be to give up CSK and return to the BCCI fold,” Orissa Cricket Association secretary Ashirwad Behera told The Indian Express.

Goa Cricket Association (GCA) president Dr Shekhar Salkar concurred. “My interpretation is that if Srinivasan dissociates himself from CSK he can contest the BCCI elections. It’s too early to jump to any conclusions. We’ve to wait but six weeks is long enough a period to take a decision,” he told this paper. “Then again, the court has found Gurunath Meiyappan, a CSK official, guilty of betting. A three-member committee has been appointed to decide the franchise’s future. Srinivasan has to decide and it would be interesting to see his next move,” he added.