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Modi out, but was he BCCI’s only villain?
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Modi out, but was he BCCI’s only villain?
Chandigarh, September 25 When the Supreme Court gave the BCCI the clearance to go ahead with the SGM, it was clear that Modi was doomed. Given the nature of the charges against him, it was clear that he was in trouble; even more important was the fact that he had lost all friends in the BCCI, and that supremely powerful Srinivasan had a clear and vocal animus towards him. Srinivasan, after all, has been calling him a “fugitive” for months, if not years, since Modi’s surprising and swift departure from India in 2010, after the end of IPL-3. A BCCI disciplinary committee had found Modi guilty of “various acts of indiscipline and misconduct” on eight separate counts. The charges related to irregularities in the conduct of the IPL, including the sale of franchise and media rights, and they had been made public immediately after the end of IPL in 2010. It is possible that if Modi still had powerful friends in the BCCI, a friendly disciplinary committee could have found him innocent. Modi had friends in the BCCI, but he had antagonised many of them with his aggressive and allegedly dictatorial ways. But until Modi revealed the ownership pattern of the now-defunct Kochi Tuskers franchisee in 2010, all was well with his world. This led to the resignation of a central government minister, and eventually Modi’s removal from the IPL and BCCI, followed by a hasty exit from India. What is really remarkable in the whole saga is that one man alone has been found guilty of misrule and misuse of power and funds. It’s quite amazing. Srinivasan was the treasurer at that time, Shashank Manohar the BCCI president, yet only Modi was found guilty. In fact, when the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Finance investigated the financial improprieties in the IPL, its members wondered how only one man, Modi, could be responsible for the mess when Srinivasan was signing the cheques. The committee confronted the BCCI officials with evidence of violations of foreign exchange laws during IPL-2, held in South Africa in 2009. An Enforcement Directorate report noted: “Mr. Manohar was in a position of authority as the BCCI president and member of the IPL Governing Council. He appears to have failed in taking reasonable steps to prevent contravention of the provisions of FEMA.” The ED believes that rules were broken. The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Finance believes that the responsibility should be collective. In the light of the spot-fixing controversy, Srinivasan calling Modi a “fugitive” ceases to be funny. Srinivasan is owner of Chennai Super Kings, whose one-time chief Meiyappan Gurunath was arrested and charged with betting, gambling, cheating and conspiracy in IPL 6. Meiyappan is the son-in-law of Srinivasan. The Bombay High Court ruled that Srinivasan was, prima facie, involved in the formation of a two-member committee to investigate the role of Meiyappan (and that of Raj Kundra ) in the spot-fixing scandal. That’s, again, a very serious matter. Jagmohan Dalmiya was banned by the BCCI in an SGM in 2006. But he’s back at the top, even functioning as president when Srinivasan “stepped aside” after the spot-fixing episode. Modi has been banned for life, but maybe he’ll be back, too, to sit on judgement on people who are his tormentors now, for they themselves, surely, can’t be innocent of improprieties. This conflict is not about right or wrong, legal or illegal. This is about power. Rise and fall of Lalit Modi
1963: Was born in New Delhi. 1985: Pleaded guilty to possessing cocaine, abduction and assault in North Carolina, US. 1992:
Appointed the Executive Director of Godfrey Phillips India. 1993:
Entered the entertainment networking industry with a joint venture with Walt Disney. 1994:
Signed another deal with ESPN to obtain the channel’s broadcasting rights. 2005:
Became the President of Rajasthan Cricket Assoication, elected a BCCI Vice President. 2008:
Launched IPL, was the driving force behind it as its chairman/commissioner 2009:
Loses Rajasthan Cricket Association elections but remains in the BCCI as he’s still a vice-president at Punjab Cricket Association. 2009:
Takes the IPL to South Africa on a short notice after the government shows its inability to provide security to the event on account of coinciding general elections. 2010:
Modi discloses the ownership structure of the Kochi franchisee on Twitter. This brings him in direct confrontation with Shashi Tharoor, the minister in the central government. 2010:
The high-flying Modi is suspended as the chairman and commissioner of the IPL after the final because of financial irregularities and rigging of bids. 2010:
He leaves the country, citing threats to his life from the underworld. Has been residing in London ever since. I’m happy. I can now openly go after them
They (BCCI) will have their day and I will have the last call.
I am not going anywhere. I will be right here I think fans are a little disappointed on this match-fixing issue and also the persons involved. It is really sad that they banned the person who created the league but people who are fixing matches and those who are running the Board are being protected by the BCCI members I am in one way happy. Now I can openly go after them. Till now they were all colleagues and friends. The time has come to unravel everything, take everything out of the box, and put everything out in the public domain. All secrets will be out sooner than later. I will continue to go after them. We have had enough of this cosy club and it is time these people were all taken to task. I have moved on and I will soon be associated with a global league. There are a lot of people in sporting fraternity across the world who want me on board. We’ll take legal recourse: lawyer
Lalit Modi’s lawyer Mehmood Abdi today said he would challenge the BCCI order in the court.. “The entire disciplinary process was vitiated by malice, prejudice and personal bias which we will challenge in a court of law,” he said. |
Honours shared on Day One
Mysore, September 25 From 211 for two at one stage, the Windies lost three wickets for just 26 runs to be struggling at 237 for five. At stumps, Assad Fudadin was unbeaten on 4, while giving him company at the other end was Chadwick Walton on 26. The sixth wicket pair had added 27 runs and ensured West Indies did not lose any more wickets. Once the ominous-looking second wicket partnership was broken, the Indian bowlers kept the West Indies batsmen under tight leash and made them struggle for every run. Put in to bat by India A skipper Cheteshwar Pujara, West Indies A were rocked by an early blow dealt by medium pacer Mohammad Shami when he trapped opener Kieran Powell leg before for a duck, but Brathwaite and Edwards put on a valuable 172-run stand for the second wicket to give the team a solid platform. The duo opened up once they settled down and started smashing a flurry of boundaries with Indian bowlers dishing out some pedestrian stuff. While Brathwaite scored a patient 215-ball 92, including 12 fours, Edwards hit 91 off 162 balls with the help of 11 boundaries and a six. Both, however, missed out on their fifth and eighth first class centuries. It was Ishwar Pandey who gave India ‘A’ the breakthrough by seeing off Edwards before Parvez Rasool chipped in with two important wickets. The fall of Braithwaite and Edwards opened the gates for Indian bowlers to wreck the visitors’ batting order. Rasool struck again by removing Narsingh Deonaraine caught and bowled for 28 off 44 balls. Thereafter right-arm off-break bowler Rajat Paliwal trapped Leon Johnson for 10 even as Fudadin held on to his wicket. Fudadin and wicketkeeper Walton played with lot of responsibility and made sure that West Indies A reach a respectable score at the end of the day. Rasool finished with figures of two for 60 in 27 overs, while Rajat Paliwal (1/28), Pandey (1/53) and Mohammed Shami (1/54) took wicket apiece. Brief scores: West Indies A: 264/5 in 90 ov (Brathwaite 92, Edwards 91; Rasool 2/60, Pandey 1/53)
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Ballistic Broom brushes aside Scorchers
Jaipur, September 25 Apart from Broom’s breathtaking unbeaten knock, Ryan ten Doeschate tormented the Scorchers bowler with his fiery 26-ball 66. Broom and ten Doeschate rattled up a stunning 128-run partnership for the fourth wicket in just eight overs as they plundered 24 boundaries, including 10 sixes, between them. The Australian side put up a brave fight but all they could manage was 180 for six, built around Hilton Cartwright’s unbeaten 73 and some superb batting by the lower-order. Scorchers were in trouble right from first over when Ian Butler struck twice. Skipper Simon Katich was run out and the Australians were gasping at 11 for three in the second over. Adam Voges (36), Ashton Turner (23) and Tom Triffitt (25) resisted for a while but that only reduced the defeat margin. With this convincing win, Otago have extended their unbeaten streak to 14 matches, second only to Sialkot Stallions’ incredible 25 wins on the trot. Broom butchered the Australian bowlers with his incredible knock as he hit nine fours and eight sixes. Brief scores: Otago Voltes: 242/4 (Broom* 117, Doeschate 66, Paris 2/50) bt Perth Scorchers: 180/6 (Cartwright* 73, Voges 36; Butler 3/47) Royals win
Rajasthan Royals beat Lions by 30 runs to notch up their second win in the tournament. Riding on aggressive knocks from Stuart Binny (38) and Brad Hodge (46), Royals posted a challenging 183. Lions, in reply could manage just 153, thanks to Tambe’s four-wicket haul. Brief scores: Royals: 183 for 5 (Hodge 46, Binny 38); Lions: 153 all out (Petersen 40, Tambe 4/15)
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Bajaj takes lead, Bhasin jumps to
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Panchkula, September 25 Teeing off from the tenth, Bajaj birdied the 10th and 12th but suffered a temporary setback with a triple bogey on the 14th hole where he hit his drive out of bounds for the second consecutive day. However, seven birdies followed thereafter, on 15th, 18th, third, fifth, sixth, eighth and ninth. “I converted all my birdie opportunities on the par-fives and made some good chip-putts. However both my errors over the last two days were on the 14th hole but I had a simple gameplan and stuck to it,” said Bajaj, who concluded his round by making a 20-footer for birdie. S Chikkarangappa was in sole second place after he carded a three-under 69 today, taking his total to nine-under 135. The Bangalore professional bogeyed the fourth and fifth holes, and suffered a bee sting while looking for his ball on the fifth. However, he came back with a hat-trick of birdies on the sixth, seventh and eighth. He made no errors on the back nine, making three birdies — on 11th, 12th and 15th. “I was playing against the wind on the first few holes and had a terrible start to the day. However, getting stung by a bee on the fifth changed my luck as I started making birdies thereafter. I am unhappy about the six-footer I missed for eagle on the 15th but am glad that I managed to control my score inspite of a bad start,” said Chikkarangappa. The day belonged to Kunal Bhasin who shot the lowest round of the day, a bogey-free eight-under 64, which moved him from 42nd place after his level-par 72 in the first round to a tie for third place alongside Shamim Khan, Shankar Das and Manav Jaini. “I putted well today and my ball striking has also been good so far this week. I have had just one bad hole in two days, the first hole yesterday where I made a quadruple bogey after hitting my ball out of bounds. However, I am glad to say that I am making progress with my game and all the work I have put into my swing is paying off,” said Kunal. Angad Cheema, Rajiv Datar, Siddharth Seth, Abhishek Kuhar and Amardip Singh Malik are tied for seventh place while overnight leader Honey Baisoya, who carded a 74 today, is tied 12th along with Sujjan Singh, M Dharma and Abhinav Lohan.
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Dilbagh hits out at IBF again
Patiala, September 25 “It is quite clear that the Federation has promised them something for the future and that made them reconsider their decision,” said
Dilbagh. He went on to say that he had lost all respect for the two. “They buckled under pressure. The Federation asked them to fall in line, and they did because they wanted to secure their future. I don’t respect them anymore and feel absolutely disgusted by their actions.” While the Federation pardoned Dinesh and
Praveen, it is planning to summon Dilbagh for a hearing on September 30. But Dilbagh says he has not received any such summon. “I have not received any summons from anybody, so I don’t have to think about what the Federation or anybody else wants from
me.” Dilbagh also said he believed that the IBF had no right to conduct the selection trials as it was not the officially recognised body for the sport in India. However, he did not clarify that if this was the case, why did he appear for the trials in the first place. “My career has been wasted because of this entire mess. I have no incentive to back off now,” he added. When contacted, IBF president Abhishek Matoria said while Dinesh and Praveen had shown deep remorse for levelling baseless allegations even before the final results were declared, Dilbagh’s reply to the show-cause notice is very offending. “We will be issuing summons to him for a personal hearing on September 30 and will take immediate action on the issue,” he added. |
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India thrash Pakistan 4-0
Johor Bahru, September 25 The Indians, who completely outplayed their opponents, struck three goals in the space of 11 minutes after resumption through Sukhmanjit Singh (38th and 46th minutes) and Imran Khan (45th) before Ramandeep Singh fired in his fourth goal of the tournament in the 61st minute. The Indians dictated the pace of the game by using both the flanks well and distributing the ball nicely to mount raids into the rival’s striking circle almost at will. With today’s win, their third on the trot, India are on top of the league table along with hosts Malaysia with nine points from three victories from as many matches. Pakistan are on third spot with six points, Argentina and Korea on one point each, while England is yet to open their account. The top two teams after the round robin matches will play in the final. The first goal came in the third minute into the second half from India’s fourth penalty corner. Amit Rohidas did not take the strike and instead relayed to Sukhmanjit who slammed the ball home with a pile driver. Imran Khan then made it 2-0 for India in the 45th minute as he connected a fine pass from the right by Harjeet Singh. Ramandeep then earned a penalty stroke in the next minute and Sukhmanjit scored his second goal of the match and shut the game on Pakistan.
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We’re aiming for at least 5 medals at Rio: Sushil
New Delhi, September 25 “We are targeting at least 4-5 medals at the Rio Olympics. We have started preparing in that direction and we will settle for nothing less than a gold medal. The World Championship medals have changed the future of the Indian wrestling for the better. This will start a new culture of wrestling in the country,” said Sushil. Yogeshwar said the recent success of Indian grapplers is a result of a change in their mentality and they are now hungry for success and not just content participating in big events. Both said the medals won by them in Olympics have played a major role in this promising change.
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Chandigarh, September 25
Opener Neil Broom produced a hurricane 117-run knock off just 56 balls as Otago Volts recorded a comprehensive 62-run win over Perth Scorchers in the Champions League Twenty20 tournament, here today.
Riding on Broom’s blistering ton, the Kiwi side posted the highest-ever total in the tournament history as they reached mammoth 242 for four after being put into bat.
