New Delhi: Former IPL chairman Lalit Modi on Friday demanded that Chennai Super Kings be terminated from the League after the arrest Gurunath Meiyappan. Asked to react on the course of action after the arrest of Gurunath, Modi said "CSK should be terminated" immediately and fresh auction be held. "If a owner of an IPL team is engaged in betting, the contract clearly states that there is a suo motu right to cancel the agreement of the team and that should be done right away," he said.
"They (Chennai Super Kings) should not exist. There contract should be cancelled and a new auction should be held for the franchise. Betting is a strict no no. It is against the constitution of IPL. It is against the constitution of BCCI," Modi told CNN-IBN.
Modi questioned BCCI president N Srinivasan's conflict of interest in the game and said Meiyappan is very much an owner of the team unlike what Indian Cements, owner of CSK, claim. "When I was IPL chairman, passes were issued only after team owners gave us the names and after all documentation," he said.
To a question about the future of IPL, Modi said the only way forward for it to continue is that the team owners should come forward to run the competition. The team owners should approach the court and secure an order to run the IPL and not leave it to BCCI or IPL Governing Council whose members are more interested in grabbing
01:50 AM, May 25, 2013
New Delhi: It was the theatre of the absurd as murky dealings in the Indian Premier League (IPL) on Friday led to the arrest of BCCI chief N Srinivasan's son-in-law Gurunath Meiyappan and the clamour for Srinivasan's resignation grew. Amidst reports that he was likely to resign on Saturday evening, a defiant Srinivasan hit back, saying, "Who has said I am resigning?" Meiyappan, who has allegedly been involved in betting...
01:29 AM, May 25, 2013
New Delhi: In spite of the arrest of his son-in-law and Chennai Super Kings official Gurunath Meiyappan for his alleged involvement in the betting scam, N Srinivasan has declined to step down from his post as BCCI chief. Srinivasan, told CNN-IBN that he was not resigning and would complete his tenure. Earlier in the day there were reports that Srinivisan would resign as BCCI boss if Meiyappan got arrested. Meiyappan...
01:17 AM, May 25, 2013
Mumbai Police Joint Commissioner (crime) Himanshu Roy said that there is evidence of Gurnath Meiyappan's involvement in IPL betting. ...
01:16 AM, May 25, 2013
New Delhi: Hours after its spokesperson demanded resignation of Indian cricket board chief N Srinivasan over his son-in-law's name figuring in the investigations into the IPL spot fixing scandal, the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) Friday sought to distance itself from the demand. Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) spokesperson DP Tripathi on Friday told reporters that Srinivasan should resign as chief of the Board of Control for Cricket (BCCI) in India. Tripathi...
01:15 AM, May 25, 2013
Lalit Modi in an exclusive interview to CNN-IBN also told that current IPL commissioner Rajiv Shukla and Arun Jaitley should also take responsibility and admitted to that fact that he created a monster in IPL. ...
12:59 AM, May 25, 2013
Kolkata: Mumbai Indians set their date with Chennai Super Kings on Sunday's IPL 6 final after beating Rajasthan Royals by four wickets in the second Qualifier at the Eden Gardens on Friday. Following a stellar performance in the field by Harbhajan Singh (3 for 23), Mumbai were steered towards victory by Dwayne Smith before a collapse of 4 for 16 changed the tone of the chase. In the end, Mumbai...
12:45 AM, May 25, 2013
New Delhi: 1.28 am: BCCI chief N Srinivasan denies reports, saying, "Who has said I am resigning?" 1.02 am: Sources say that BCCI chief N Srinivasan is likely to resign on Saturday afternoon. Arun Jaitley will most likely be asked to take over as interim president of BCCI, the sources add. 12.50 am: Joint CP Himanshu Roy refuses to mention the sections under which Meiyappan has been arrested. He, however,...
12:12 AM, May 25, 2013
Mumbai: Mumbai Police arrested Gurunath Meiyappan over allegations of involvement in IPL betting case on late Friday night after three hours of questioning. Meiyappan will be produced before a metropolitan court within 24 hours. Mumbai Police had earlier said that he was being evasive during questioning. Meiyappan is BCCI chief N Srinivasan's son-in-law. Mumbai Police Joint CP Himanshu Roy said, "We find his involvement in the offence. He will now...
12:04 AM, May 25, 2013
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11:54 PM, May 24, 2013
New Delhi: Despite the cesspool of a scam, the routine on the grounds of IPL 6 match venues hasn't changed in the least. The presenters have been just as bombastic, the cheergirls have been performing with just as much gusto, the song and dance routine remains just as much cheerful. However, the most striking aspect has been the silence among India's premier commentators. None of them has been allowed to...
11:45 PM, May 24, 2013
Gurunath Meiyappan is being questioned by the Mumbai Police on the IPL betting and the IPL spot-fixing scandals. ...
11:26 PM, May 24, 2013
However, in a new twist of events, franchise owners India Cements have denied that Gurunath Meiyappan is CEO or team principal of CSK. ...
11:20 PM, May 24, 2013
BCCI chief N Srinivasan is under tremendous pressure to step down as his son-in-law is being probed in the IPL betting scam. ...
10:42 PM, May 24, 2013
New Delhi: Former IPL chairman Lalit Modi on Friday demanded that Chennai Super Kings' contract should be "cancelled" immediately and fresh auctions should be held in the wake of franchise owner Gurunath Meiyappan's name cropping up in the spot-fixing scandal. "If a owner of an IPL team is engaged in betting, the contract clearly states that there is a suo moto right to cancel the agreement of the team and...
10:36 PM, May 24, 2013
Mumbai: Calling for head of N Srinivasan, ex-IPL chairman Lalit Modi's lawyer on Friday demanded that the BCCI president should be suspended with the police probing his son-in-law Gurunath Meiyappan's alleged proximity to Bollywood actor Vindoo Dara Singh, arrested for betting on IPL matches. Modi's attorney Mehmood Abdi said in a statement that Srinivasan should also face BCCI's disciplinary panel. "It's a real testing time for BCCI to prove that...
10:01 PM, May 24, 2013
Kolkata: Praising Rajasthan Royals'(RR) effort at "getting everybody gell together" after the side was rocked by the spot fixing scam, cricketing legend Sunil Gavaskar feels the developments have further boosted the bonding between the squad. "I think it's a question of getting everybody gelling together and that is what has happened. Yes I think they have had a traumatic last 10-15 days and that is in fact, if anything, that...
09:45 PM, May 24, 2013
The IPL scandal has hit the highest levels of the BCCI with BCCI chief N Srinivasan's son-in-law under the radar over betting. ...
09:43 PM, May 24, 2013
Mumbai: As Chennai Super Kings team owner Gurunath Meiyappan landed in Mumbai for questioning in connection with the raging betting scandal, the Mumbai Police on Friday said for the first time that they would also quiz him about his suspected role in spot-fixing IPL matches. "We suspect Meiyappan gave inside information to arrested actor Vindoo Randhawa who passed on those to the bookies," Mumbai crime branch chief Himanshu Roy said....
09:29 PM, May 24, 2013
