Revealing Gurunath Meiyappan’s many roles at Chennai Super Kings
Gurunath - enthusiast, owner, team principal
Screenshots of Gurunath Meiyappan's Twitter account 30 minutes apart on May 24, the day he flew to Mumbai on the summons of the Mumbai Police. Minutes before he went in for questioning, the words "Team Principal Chennai Super Kings" were removed from his bio. •Twitter
A screenshot of Gurunath talking at the IPL Workshop in Bangkok, in 2009, which was attended by the IPL franchise owners. The video that was released by the IPL called Gurunath "Owner, Chennai Super Kings", and while talking about the team in the video he says: "It feels great to own a team like this."•IPL
A screenshot of a report on the Chennai Super Kings website, from August 2010. Gurunath is referred to as "owner".•ESPNcricinfo Ltd
A screenshot of the Chennai Super Kings page on the 2012 IPL website. Super Kings' official Twitter account, @ChennaiIPL, repeatedly refers to Gurunath as "Team Principal".•ESPNcricinfo Ltd
Gurunath's accreditation card for IPL 2008. Note the serial number
Gurunath follows a match from near the Chennai Super Kings dugout in Mumbai, in the 2010 IPL•Indian Premier League
An email from IPL chairman Rajiv Shukla to the owners of the IPL franchises, in December 2011, inviting them to the "IPL franchise owners round table meeting" in January 2012. •ESPNcricinfo Ltd
Gurunath with the IPL trophy in 2010, after Chennai Super Kings beat Mumbai Indians in the final, in Mumbai.•Indian Premier League
Gurunath represents Chennai Super Kings at a press conference during the 2012 players' auction in Bangalore. Delhi Daredevils are represented by their chairman Kiran Grandhi (extreme left) and Kolkata Knight Riders by CEO Venki Mysore (second from left). IPL chairman Rajiv Shukla (centre) and IPL CEO Sundar Raman (extreme right) are the others in the photo.•AFP