Former Indian Premier League Commissioner Lalit Modi took to Twitter 'big time' on Wednesday after the Delhi high court ordered restoration of his passport, thanking the people who stood by him.
Defending champions Mumbai Indians play the IPl 2021 season opener against the Royal Challengers Bangalore in Chennai on April 9.
Former IPL Commissioner Lalit Modi has termed the BCCI Emergent Working Committee meeting in Chennai the "biggest cover-up in cricket" and said having Jagmohan Dalmiya as head of an interim set-up was not the solution.
Tainted former Indian Premier League Commissioner Lalit Modi invoked the names of British royalty, including Prince Charles and his brother Andrew, while seeking his travel papers from the United Kingdom home office, according to a media report on Sunday.
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Former IPL commissioner Lalit Modi was on Monday removed as the Rajasthan Cricket Association president.
Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis on Sunday said Mumbai Police Commissioner Rakesh Maria has been asked to provide "info" on his statement regarding his meeting with tainted ex-IPL boss Lalit Modi in London.
Miffed by Lalit Modi's style of functioning that has spawned a lot of controversies, a move is afoot in the BCCI to clip his wings as the Indian Premier League commissioner.
Indian Premier League Commissioner Lalit Modi was questioned for as long as eight hours over the financial dealings and share holding patterns of the cricketing body as Income Tax officials left his Worli-based office early on Friday.
The Indian Premier League's new franchise Rendezvous Sports World (RSW) has threatened to sue IPL commissioner Lalit Modi for breaking the confidentiality terms.
England Professional Cricketers Association chief executive Sean Morris has lashed out at IPL chairman Lalit Modi for using pressure tactics on players which has led to Kevin Pietersen and Andrew Flintoff being used as "pawns and bargaining chips" in a global power struggle between India and England.
Media reports on Monday claimed that the reason why the BCCI refused to permit Indian players to participate in the Sri Lankan Premier League is that it believed that the former IPL chief might be involved in its organisation.
Indian Premier League commissioner Lalit Modi has claimed that a top English football club is planning to bid for an IPL team but the likes of Manchester United and Chelsea have denied any such interest.
Punters have been given the opportunity to bet online on the semi-finals being played at Mumbai on a website owned by IPL's official digital media parter Global Cricket Ventures.
Controversial former Indian Premier League Commissioner Lalit Modi was on Saturday unceremonimously ousted from the president's post of the Rajasthan Cricket Association (RCA) with a rebel group led by local BJP leader Amin Pathan taking over the reins.
Lalit Modi's fall from grace was complete on Wednesday when he was ousted from the Board of Control for Cricket in India, which revealed more financial irregularities by him.
With the Indian Premier League plunging into uncertainty, IPL Commissioner Lalit Modi and CEO Sundar Raman are expected to hold discussions with Home Ministry officials on Saturday to salvage the high-profile event.
Lalit Modi's counsel Mehmood Abdi termed as "non-transparent" the manner in which the two-member special disciplinary committee investigated the charges against the former IPL commissioner and submitted its findings to the BCCI.
With Supreme Court on Friday naming four individuals in the Mudgal Committee report for betting and spot-fixing in the sixth edition of Indian Premier League, former cricketers and administrators gave a big thumbs up to the latest development.
The itinerary for the upcoming tour of South Africa and a disciplinary panel report on sacked IPL chief Lalit Modi are among the issues that would dominate discussions when the BCCI's working committee meets in Kolkata on Sunday.
Satyajit Gaikwad, who has been eased out as spokeperson of the Kochi IPL team, speaks of the behind the scenes activity before and after the Kochi team won the IPL bid in an exclusive interview.
The BCCI's disciplinary committee, probing charges of alleged financial irregularities against suspended IPL Commissioner Lalit Modi, will submit its report by early October.
Lalit Modi's legal counsel Mehmood Abdi on Saturday termed the BCCI's decision to refer charges against him to the disciplinary panel as well as to initiate civil and criminal proceedings against the suspended Indian Premier League chief as "legal absurdity".
'I sincerely hope being a part of the IPL we can keep people safe at home by providing them with some relief & something to look forward to in these trying times.'
Former Indian Premier League chief Lalit Modi has lashed out at the Board of Control for Cricket in India, claiming that the 2009 auction was rigged in favour of the Chennai Super Kings, whose owner is the current BCCI president N Srinivasan.
'Lalit Modi repeatedly kept requesting for Mumbai police's intervention against the underworld. I reiterated to Modi and his lawyer that it was imperative for Lalit Modi to return to Mumbai for the Mumbai police to initiate any inquiry. Thereafter, the meeting lasted barely for 15/20 minutes,' the police commissioner said.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India welcomed the Bombay High Court's decision to dismiss suspended IPL Chairman Lalit Modi's petition challenging the constitution of its disciplinary committee and decided to continue the hearing in New Delhi.
The Bombay high court will on Thursday pass an order on the petition filed by suspended IPL chairman Lalit Modi, challenging the disciplinary proceedings initiated against him by the Board of Control for Cricket in India. Modi's lawyer Virag Tulzhapurkar told the court on Wednesday that his client can't expect an 'impartial and honest' decision from disciplinary committee that will conduct the enquiry against him.
Former Indian Premier League commissioner Lalit Modi, who is under the scanner of the Income Tax department for suspected financial irregularities in the bidding process of the Twenty20 extravaganza, faces a death threat, as the underworld is allegedly conspiring to bump him off, the police said on Friday.
In a setback to former IPL Commissioner Lalit Modi, the Supreme Court, on Monday, dismissed his plea seeking reconstitution of the BCCI-appointed disciplinary panel probing allegations of financial irregularities against him.
Former Indian Premier League chairman Lalit Modi has settled his libel case against England and Wales Cricket Board chairman Giles Clarke out of court, an ECB statement said on Wednesday.
Trouble appears to be mounting for suspended IPL Commissioner Lalit Modi whose ouster looks certain with the Cricket Board today rejecting his defence against the slew of charges levelled against him.
Giving in to Lalit Modi's demand, BCCI president Shashank Manohar has withdrawn himself from the three-man disciplinary committee constituted to conduct a hearing against the suspended IPL commissioner, according to BCCI sources.
'I don't think Shami had any doubts that Ravi would stick by his word, but to see the head coach move heaven and earth to ensure his best interests were taken care of at a difficult time must have made a massive impact on him.' A fascinating excerpt from R Sridhar's must-read book Coaching Beyond: My Days with the Indian Cricket Team.
Board of Control for Cricket in India secretary N Srinivasan was mum on whether he would recuse himself from proceedings against Lalit Modi but lashed out at the suspended IPL commissioner for his "habit of leaking information" to the media.
The BCCI on Thursday rejected embattled Lalit Modi's contention that the April 26 IPL Governing Council meeting was illegal and made it clear that it would go ahead with the meeting as per schedule.
Suspended IPL commissioner Lalit Modi on Saturday responded to the first showcause notice served to him for alleged financial irregularities with a staggering 12,000-page reply which was carried into the BCCI headquarters in six large cartons.
Under-fire from all quarters in the wake of Lalit Modi's alleged financial irregularities in the running of the Indian Premier League, the BCCI is planning to form a small sub-committee to run the Twenty20 league in future, according to sources.
Under-fire IPL commissioner Lalit Modi parried questions about his impending resignation, saying the matter will be discussed and a unanimous decision taken at the upcoming Governing Council meeting on April 26.
Lalit Modi's fate would be on top of the agenda when the BCCI's general body meets in Mumbai on Saturday for a special sitting which is expected to take the first step towards the suspended IPL Commissioner's eventual expulsion from the Board.
The British media on Tuesday acknowledged that suspended IPL chairman Lalit Modi realised Twenty20's potential in a huge and growing Indian market but said his downfall will not be mourned.
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