In his book, Underneath The Southern Cross, Hussey has said that Team owner N Srinivasan had handed the control of the team to Gurunath. "Our owner was Indian Cements, headed by Mr Srinivasan," Hussey wrote in his book. "As he was also on the board of the BCCI, he gave control of the team to his son-in-law Mr Gurunath. He ran the team along with Kepler Wessels, who was coach."

Michael Hussey. Pic/ AFP