IPL: File picture of CSK crew.© BCCI
Lalit Modi, the founding father of the Indian Premier League (IPL) and former vice-president of the Board of Management for Cricket in India (BCCI), has made critical allegations in opposition to ex-cricket administrator N Srinivasan and his co-owned franchise Chennai Tremendous Kings (CSK). Notably, the latter has served as Worldwide Cricket Council chairman and BCCI president prior to now. Whereas making startling revelations in a latest interview, Modi mentioned that the IPL governing physique did “bid rigging” throughout public sale for the second version to verify Andrew Flintoff went to CSK. He added that this was completed with a view to fulfil the want of Srinivasan. Modi additionally alleged Srinivasan and CSK of “oblique fixing”.
“Pick everything-auction rigging. I gave Flintoff to Srinivasan. Sure, we did it. No doubts about it; each crew knew about it. Srinivasan wasn’t going to let the IPL occur. He was a thorn in our Board. Sure, we instructed all people to not choose (Andrew) Flintoff. Sure, that I did-because Srinivasan mentioned ‘I would like Flintoff’,” Lalit Modi talked about,” mentioned Lalit Modi on Raj Shamani‘s YouTube podcast.
“When all people began occurring the bandwagon, he was additionally a member of the board. He was a giant adversary of mine. I went up in opposition to him, and he did many issues. Umpire fixing-he accused me of it, and I accused him proper again. He would change the umpire. At first, I did not assume a lot about it. However after I realized he was placing a Chennai umpire on a Chennai recreation, it turned a problem for me. That is known as oblique fixing. Once I began exposing these issues, he went completely in opposition to me”, Modi claimed.
Notably, CSK have received a record-equalling 5 IPL titles. They bagged the honours within the years – 2010, 2011, 2018, 2021 and 2023. The crew served a two-year ban (2016 and 2017) after their involvement in a spot-fixing and betting scandal.
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