Denying that boosting advertising revenue is the real reason behind introducing 'strategy breaks' in this year's Indian Premier League, IPL Commissioner Lalit Modi on Thursday said it is actually aimed at expediting the matches.
The Supreme Court on Thursday deferred till October 20 hearing of a plea by suspended IPL commissioner Lalit Modi seeking stay of an order of the Bombay High Court which dismissed his petition for reconstitution of a disciplinary committee.
The Indian Premier League was on Sunday shifted to another country amid speculation that England or South Africa would be the venue for the second edition of the high-profile event.
Former Sri Lankan captain Arjuna Ranatunga has savaged Indian Premier League (IPL) commissioner Lalit Modi, blaming him personally for India's disappointing World Twenty20 campaign earlier this year.
Suspended IPL Commissioner Lalit Modi will have to face the music if he is found guilty of corruption, according to ICC President Sharad Pawar who on Sunday made it clear that there was no question of 'protecting' his one-time protege.
Suspended IPL Commissioner Lalit Modi on Tuesday submitted his reply to the third showcause notice issued to him by the BCCI alleging irregularities in awarding theatrical rights during the third season of the Twenty20 event, his legal counsel said.
Suspended IPL Commissioner Lalit Modi and event management company IMG are planning to sue ECB chief Giles Clarke for alleging that they tried to start a 'rebel' Twenty20 league, according to a report in London.
BCCI CAO Ratnakar Shetty said suspended IPL commissioner Lalit Modi did not provide the Board with original papers of some of the contracts, including those of three losing bids in the inaugural IPL and media rights deal with Multi Screen Media.
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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.
BCCI president Shashank Manohar on Wednesday made light of IPL Commissioner Lalit Modi's move for disclosing the ownership pattern of IPL franchisees, wondering what was he doing for the last three years.
Contrary to speculation that his wings may be clipped, IPL Commissioner Lalit Modi is in Dubai to attend an International Cricket Council meeting on behalf of BCCI president Shashank Manohar.
IPL Commissioner Lalit Modi on Sunday exuded confidence of resolving the controversy over ownership of Kochi franchise saying he had no personal issue either with the team owners or Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor.
Sports Minister M S Gill on Thursday ridiculed the ongoing ownership row involving the Kochi franchise in the Indian Premier League, saying it is 'just not cricket'.
The party leadership has been left red-faced following the ugly war of words between Tharoor and the IPL commissioner Lalit Modi with the Opposition Bharatiya Janata Party demanding that the minister be sacked on charges of corruption and that a CBI probe be constituted into the entire IPL goings-on.
Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor on Tuesday hit back at IPL commissioner Lalit Modi alleging he had made attempts to pressure the winning consortium to abandon their bid for the Kerala outfit.
The Indian Premier League's new franchise Rendezvous Sports World (RSW) has threatened to sue IPL commissioner Lalit Modi for breaking the confidentiality terms.
Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor himself may not be a stakeholder but the lady he is reportedly planning to marry is part of the consortium which owns the Kochi franchise of the Indian Premier League, revealed IPL commissioner Lalit Modi.
Two new Indian Premier League franchisees will be unveiled on March 8, IPL Commissioner Lalit Modi said on Wednesday.
Asserting that security of the players is paramount, IPL commissioner Lalit Modi on Tuesday said the cover around the participating cricketers at the Twenty20 event would be centrally-managed and the budget for it 10 times more than last year. Explaining the security plan, Modi revealed the IPL will not leave to the teams this year and take control of the arrangements centrally.
The upcoming general elections, coupled with the bleak security situation following the attack on Sri Lankan players in Pakistan, had led to various speculations as regards the second edition of the Indian Premier League.
Pakistani cricketers will not play in the Indian Premier League III as their board has failed to obtain their visas before the deadline for confirmation of participation, IPL Commissioner Lalit Modi said on Monday.
Indian Premier League (IPL) commissioner Lalit Modi confirmed that he has had talks with filmmaker Madhur Bhandarkar to document his life. Modi said that apart from Bhandarkar, he has been consulted by other movie makers. The IPL chairman told a television channel that it is a compliment that so many filmmakers are interested in making a movie on his life.
Suspended IPL commissioner Lalit Modi will meet the May 31 deadline for replying to the Board of Control for Cricket in India's second show cause notice and it is expected to be less voluminous than his staggering 15,000-page reply to the first one, his legal advisor Mehmood Abdi said on Friday.
Suspended IPL Commissioner Lalit Modi on Tuesday strongly objected to the Board of Control for Cricket in India referring him as "then chairman" while announcing the appointment of an advisor to interim chairman Chirayu Amin.
Suspended IPL commissioner Lalit Modi has agreed to hand over the documents related to franchise bids and media rights of the Twenty20 league, which the BCCI had sought for.
In an apparent attack on his detractors, IPL commissioner Lalit Modi said all decisions regarding the league in all its three editions were taken by the Governing Council and approved by the General Body. Against the backdrop of allegations of financial wrong-doings in the IPL, he also said the IPL is clean and transparent.
The Income Tax (I-T) department has said Tharoor did not benefit from the Kochi IPL deal. Meanwhile, the finance ministry has said that the I-T department is probing IPL Commissioner Lalit Modi's offshore money and trying to find out if stakeholders are fronts for Modi.
Indian Premier League (IPL) Commissioner Lalit Modi on Friday accused Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor of having an agenda in promoting the Kochi IPL fanchise, and asserted that he won't let that agenda succeed.
The Indian Cricket Board (BCCI) on Wednesday formally announced that the Champions Twenty20 League will be held in India in September-October but were still undecided on the fourth participating country in the event. IPL Commissioner Lalit Modi, Cricket Australia CEO James Sutherland, Cricket South Africa CEO Gerald Majola, IPL CEO Sunder Raman and ICC's principal advisor I S Bindra held parleys to decide on the event.
Contradicting Indian Premier League (IPL) Commissioner Lalit Modi's claims, the ICC has made it clear that the Champions League Twenty20 was not part of its Future Tours Programme (FTP).
PCB chairman Ejaz Butt has claimed that the decision to snub Pakistani cricketers at the third Indian Premier League auction was part of a conspiracy to not allow them exposure before the Twenty20 World Cup.
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) accused IPL commissioner Lalit Modi of betraying the PCB after none of the 11 Pakistani players got a buyer in the third IPL auction in Mumbai and said he will take up the matter with BCCI.
The shifting of the Indian Premier League to another country turned into a political slanging match with Home Minister P Chidambaram hitting out at the BCCI and the BJP for blaming the government for relocating the event.
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.
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has cleared its players to take part in the January auction for the third Indian Premier League scheduled to be held in March-April next year. PCB has also directed all its players who are keen to take part in the twenty20 tournament to complete their documents and NOCs by December 31st to be forwarded to IPL commissioner Lalit Modi.
Video footage in Monday's crucial disciplinary hearing is certain to go against Harbhajan Singh, who allegedly punched S Sreesanth, with IPL Commissioner Lalit Modi on Sunday disclosing that the camera did "pick up something".
Forced to sit out this year due to Pakistan Cricket Board's objection to their participation, the Pakistan cricketers are all set to return to the Indian Premier League (IPL) next season as the Board has decided to give them the go ahead for competing in the Twenty20 tournament. PCB chairman Ejaz Butt said the PCB would not object to its players taking part in the lucrative league and has conveyed this to IPL commissioner Lalit Modi during a meeting in India.
Indian Premier League (IPL) Commissioner Lalit Modi has dismissed reports that the second edition of the Twenty20 extravaganza would be co-hosted by England, saying the IPL is a domestic league with global appeal which will be played only on Indian soil.
The new host country of the Indian Premier League and the schedule of its 59 Twenty20 matches will be out by Monday evening, IPL Commissioner Lalit Modi said in Mumbai on Sunday.
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