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TwitterThe BCCI has informed the franchises that they cannot sign up the domestic players for now. The reasons are said to be varied. However, one gets the sense that inadvertently or otherwise, the BCCI has done a good job by having limits associated with the amount of money paid to the domestic players. It is [...]
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BCCI retains panel hearing charges against Modi
December 11th, 2010 
admin The BCCI on Saturday retained the three-member disciplinary committee probing charges of financial irregularities against Lalit Modi, rejecting the former IPL chairman’s demand for a reconstitution of the panel. The decision was taken at a Special General Meeting convened to resolve the matter after Modi’s counsel Mehmood Abdi pointed out last month that the panel [...]
BCCI shouldn’t hold auctions during Cricket World Cup
December 6th, 2010 admin The fourth edition of the IPL will be held one week after the Cricket World Cup ends and yet, there is a good chance that the BCCI may have to rethink the dates. The reason for this is that the dates were announced based on the fact that the player auctions will be held in January 2011. However, [...]
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Tags: bcci, Cricket World Cup, ipl, IPL 4, iplt20 
No Comments »We miss you, but profits are what matter!
July 1st, 2010 admin The IPL team owners have said that they miss Lalit Modi, but have welcomed the new set-up as well. Well, they have no option but to think of maximising their profits, and in business, friendships come second only to the bottomline. So, my surmise is that Lalit Modi may soon see him being forgotten by [...]
My reply to BCCI over 15,000 pages, tweets Lalit Modi
May 15th, 2010 admin Suspended IPL Commissioner Lalit Modi tweeted hours after his lawyers submitted his showcause notice reply to BCCI, “The reply is by my last count around 15000 pages, the team may have added more, or getting ready to add more as we print thousands of mails.” “I will do a press conference at an appropriate time. [...]
Kings XI Punjab reports loss of Rs 25 cr in 2008-09
May 5th, 2010 admin The miseries of Kings XI Punjab seem to be unending. After finishing at the bottom of the IPL 3 tally, the team owned by actress Preity Zinta and others has informed the government that it suffered a loss of Rs 25 crore in the very first year (2008-09) of formation of the consortium KPH Dreams [...]
Modi was a victim of unfair vilification, says Bindra
April 30th, 2010 admin Former Indian cricket board president Inderjit Singh Bindra, an influential member of the Indian Premier League (IPL) Governing Council, feels suspended IPL chairman Lalit Modi was a victim of unfair vilification and lauded him as marketing genius who has changed the landscape of Indian crikcet. Saying that he is not holding any brief for Modi, [...]
Let ICC supervise IPL from now on: Miandad
April 27th, 2010 admin Former Pakistan captain Javed Miandad is not surprised by the mess the IPL finds itself in and wants the International Cricket Council to ‘supervise’ its organisation in future. Miandad said keeping in mind the huge stakes involved in the so called domestic event of the BCCI, the world governing body of the game must intervene. [...]
I-T department gives clean chit to PCA
April 17th, 2010 admin Virtually giving a clean chit to Punjab Cricket Association (PCA), Income Tax sleuths, who carried out a survey at PCA stadium, on Saturday said that nothing “incriminating” was found in their books of accounts of IPL. “Everything is fine (in the accounts books) during our survey operations at PCA as nothing incriminating has been found [...]
Warne consoles Shah Rukh Khan
April 15th, 2010 admin The day after Kolkata Knight Riders capitulated in Chennai to all but crash out of IPL 3, Shane Warne had some words of consolation for KKR co-owner Shah Rukh Khan. “Hey buddy you’re a champion and your charisma is something (that) I’m sure inspires a lot of people. Hang in there, sport is cruel sometimes,” [...]