IPL T20 Cricket News

There was no deal, we won it fair and square: Chennai Super Kings

Sofia Mistry — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 13:47:52 +0000

BCCI secretary and Chennai Super Kings franchise owner N Srinivasan on Thursday rubbished reports that he tried to ‘fix’ the IPL 2009 player auction and insisted that he won the bid “fair and square”. A TV channel on Wednesday claimed that Srinivasan in connivance with suspended IPL chairman Lalit Modi tried to fix the bid [...]

Fixing clouds hover over IPL auctions – Indian Premier League

Sofia Mistry — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 14:56:52 +0000

After a series of controversies, the Indian Premier League (IPL) seems to be embracing another one, and may be the most astonishing as well, as now it is learnt that the players’ auctions of the cash-rich event were fixed. CNN-IBN has accessed e-mails that suggest Chennai Super Kings’ owner and BCCI Secretary N Srinivasan could [...]

Modi camp slams BCCI order, threatens legal action

Sofia Mistry — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 14:24:09 +0000

Slamming the BCCI for rejecting Lalit Modi’s demand for recusal of Chirayu Amin and Arun Jaitley from the disciplinary hearing against him, the suspended IPL Commissioner’s lawyer Mehmood Abdi on Wednesday threatened to take legal action against the Board. “We don’t consider it as a fair order. We will take appropriate legal steps after consultations [...]

CLT20 News

Sofia Mistry — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 14:28:09 +0000

Catch all CLT20 News at Champions League T20 News Wanderers Stadium, one of world cricket’s most famous venues, will host the Airtel Champions League Twenty20 (CLT20) Final after the format and match schedule for the second edition of the tournament was announced today. The Airtel CLT20, the grand finale of Twenty20 cricket between the world’s [...]

Counsel assures of Modi’s cooperation – Indian Premier League

Sofia Mistry — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 15:07:12 +0000

Refuting reports that the Lalit Modi camp will boycott Tuesday’s disciplinary committee meeting in Delhi, his legal counsel Mehmood Abdi on Monday said the suspended IPL Commissioner would fully cooperate with the panel set up by the BCCI. “There seems to be a concerted campaign by vested interest by planting such rumours (that Modi would [...]

Warrants against IPL franchise owners Preity Zinta, Ness Wadia

Sofia Mistry — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 12:53:41 +0000

A local court in Chandigarh issued bailable warrants against IPL franchise owners of Kings XI Punjab, actress Preity Zinta and industrialists Ness Wadia and Mohit Burman, for failing to appear before it. The Registrar of Companies had filed the case after the owners failed to submit the balancerelated stories Preity Zinta denies reports of arrest [...]

Modi sends notice to BCCI ahead of disciplinary action

Sofia Mistry — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 15:11:43 +0000

Suspended IPL commissioner Lalit Modi has refused to go down without a fight despite being cornered after BCCI’s Special General Meeting (SGM) approved civil, criminal and disciplinary action against him. A day after the SGM authorised BCCI president Shashank Manohar to initiate civil and criminal proceedings against him for causing alleged financial losses through IPL [...]

BCCI cancels IPL broadcast rights that Modi gave to WSG

Sofia Mistry — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 17:40:10 +0000

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has severed an agreement with World Sport Group (WSG) Mauritius granting it Indian Premier League (IPL) television broadcast rights. The board has said a “facilitation fee” document in this agreement is “vitiated by fraud”. In effect, the board has canceled all rights handed to WSG Mauritius [...]

Mumbai Indians to play in CLT20 opener

Sofia Mistry — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 17:18:42 +0000

The Airtel Champions League Twenty20 (CLT20), the grand finale of Twenty20 cricket among the world’s champion teams, will start Sep 10 with a Group B clash between Sachin Tendulkar’s Mumbai Indians and Alviro Petersen’s Highveld Lions at Wanderers in Johannesburg. Wanderers Stadium, one of world cricket’s most famous venues, will host the final. All matches [...]

Modi committed ‘irregularities’: IPL – Indian Premier League

Sofia Mistry — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 17:13:48 +0000

The walls seem to be closing in alarmingly around suspended IPL boss Lalit Modi as the Governing Council in its meeting on Friday found the irregularities committed by the former IPL chief in conducting several deals related to the league. Sources told CNN-IBN that the Governing Council’s members were apprised of Modi’s alleged financial misdemeanors [...]