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    2009 IPL auction were rigged, claims Lalit Modi

    By Indo Asian News Service | IANS India Private Limited – Tue 7 Feb, 2012

    New Delhi, Feb 7 (IANS) Former Indian Premier League (IPL) chairman Lalit Modi alleged Tuesday that the 2009 players' auction was "rigged" to benefit the Chennai Super Kings franchise owned by India Cements, which is headed by Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) president N. Srinivasan.

    Modi, whose brainchild the IPL was, said the rules were bent to allow former England all-rounder Andrew Flintoff remain with the Super Kings. He also accepted his fault of not going against the changes which favoured selected teams.

    "The Flintoff auction was rigged. All players were supposed to go back to the auction after the first three years but that did not happen. I was arm-twisted into allowing Flintoff to stay with the Chennai team," said Modi, who was suspended by the BCCI after the 2010 edition and since then he has been living in London.

    Four marquee players of each franchise were allowed to be retained after the end of the third edition in 2010. Modi said the retention clause was not his idea.

    "The retention clause was not my idea. I had created a level playing field," he said.

    Modi said the current rules favour "some powerful BCCI members" who hold a stake in the IPL teams.

    "The rules have been changed to favour some powerful BCCI members. If you tweak the model along the way it is going to fail. There is no level playing field in the IPL today. There is a lack of transparency now. Many wanted to be part of the game after it became a success," he said.

    Modi claimed that he wanted Pakistani cricketers to play in the IPL after the first edition but all franchises "were told not to bid for them in the auction". No Pakistani played has featured in the IPL since the 2008 edition.

    Commenting on Sahara India ending its sponsorship deal with BCCI and withdrawing from the IPL, Modi said that current model will not work as it favours a few teams and not the players.

    "This model will not work. You have to keep the players in mind. There are things being done by the BCCI that in the long run will hurt Indian cricket."

    Modi had earlier tweeted: "Sahara termination - shows how unhappy the major sponsor and franchise owner is with the way BCCI deals with its partners. This is really a sad day. Sahara has been sports biggest supporter and pillar."

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    8 comments

    • Krishna
      Krishna  •  3 months ago
      With Sharad Pawar, boss and father of many bandits, rapists and traitors, at top in cricket, everything is possible. Even the matches may be rigged!
    • Krishna
      Krishna  •  3 months ago
      Forgot about Rojiv Shuklaji. It seems he started his career by supplying "supplies" to Sonia's gang members! His rates are not that much as Godfather of all Godfathers', Sharad Pawar's rate. Look at that beast Sharad Pawar's face!
    • biryani
      biryani  •  3 months ago
      The only reason the Pakistani players were barred was because The greedy BCCI wanted to cut out the Dubai bookies and put their OWN bookies and make money ONLY for THEMSELVES by cutting out the middleman - I'm pretty sure that England and Australia have evidence of it - which is why our team is losing so badly in those countries now.

      No difference between Greedy Indians and Pakis now. Only Pak bets on themselves to lose matches while India bets on winning. Which will soon change now that Bangladesh, Australia and Lanka are starting their own Premier Leagues; IPL is not the only game in town.

      P.S. Good of Modi to expose these buggers - Modi may be as greedy and corrupt as the rest, but at least he was generous enough to spread the wealth, was gracious and appreciative to the sponsors and helped others and committed to keeping the playing field level between the IPL teams - unlike that a-hole Srinivasan who wants all the money to himself, rigs the rules to suit himself, upset the sponsors Sahara and wants ONLY HIS team to be IPL Champs!
    • chandra
      chandra  •  3 months ago
      This is not unexpected. With 'Saintly' people like Pawar, Srinivasan,and Shuklas heading the Board, corruption, rigging, cheating, under hand dealings etc., are bound to be happeninig. So nothing surprising at all.
    • Kabeer Dev
      Kabeer Dev  •  3 months ago
      BCCI has no future till greedy and ethicless people like rajiv shukla and sharad pawar are there in thr committee...
    • laldo
      laldo  •  Pune, Maharashtra  •  3 months ago
      IPL & BCCI is a biggest bookie,punters & rigged machine in the entire world,no wonder all our clean politician who have never bowled or batted in there entire life are holding the highest post in cricket world.
      Its a money making racket for these organization,with rave parties & waste of crores of money.
    • Gangadhar Parameshwar
      Gangadhar Parameshwar  •  3 months ago
      Says Modi the biggest scoundrel of them all.
    • san
      san  •  3 months ago
      This bast**d was a part of that gang and mafias. He is telling all this only because they kicked on his a*s. Shut up, you are the biggest culprit Mr. Modi.
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