Maharasthra Cricket Association president Ajay Shirke is also a businessman who alternates between Pune and London. As BCCI treasurer, he resigned at the height of the 2013 IPL betting/spot-fixing scandal due to disagreement with then president N. Srinivasan. Suave and articulate, Shirke is known for speaking his mind, as he does during an interview with Qaiser Mohammad Ali. Excerpts: