Lalit Modi was banned for life by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Wednesday. Three years after he was suspended on allegations of financial wrong-doings, the BCCI made its final decision. Nishad Pai Vaidya draws parallels with Jagmohan Dalmiya's tale.
Banned for life from India's cricket establishment, a beleagured former Indian Premier League (IPL) boss Lalit Modi is not ready to throw in the towel yet and declared that he would indeed have the "last call" in this entire issue.
Astute, ruthlessly ambitious, and the one who aimed for the sky, Lalit Modi's eventful stint in Indian cricket firmament, with its innumerable ups and downs, truly defines the age-old saying 'life is a rollercoaster'.
A pariah in Indian cricket for three years now, former Indian Premier League (IPL) Commissioner Lalit Modi was on Wednesday slapped with a life ban by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) after its disciplinary committee found him guilty on eight charges of "indiscipline and misconduct".
Embroiled in a legal tussle with the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), former Indian Premier League (IPL) commissioner Lalit Modi has requested the cricket board to adjourn its Special General Meeting, where he could be handed a life ban, till the matter was sub-judice.
Hours before a Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) special meet to consider a disciplinary panel report on Lalit Modi for alleged financial irregularities in the cricket league, the ex-Indian Premier League (IPL) Commissioner on Wednesday moved to the Supreme Court for a stay of the meeting.
Unperturbed at the prospect of a possible life ban, a defiant Lalit Modi today continued his tirade against BCCI President N Srinivasan and said he will not "sit back quietly" and watch the Tamil Nadu strongman "destroy" Indian cricket.
With the Delhi High Court allowing the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) to conduct its Special General Meeting (SGM) in Chennai on Wednesday, the decks are cleared for the Board to impose a possible life ban on former Indian Premier League (IPL) chairman Lalit Modi for alleged financial irregularities while being at the helm of cash-rich league from 2008-2010.
Former Indian Premier League (IPL) chairperson Lalit Modi was his usual outspoken self when he said it will be a "doomsday" for the Indian cricket if N Srinivasan gets re-elected as Board of Control for Cricket in India's (BCCI) president at the Board's AGM on September 29.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is likely to send a show-cause notice to Punjab Cricket Association (PCA) President IS Bindra after the later shared minutes of BCCI’s Working Committee and alleged that the board President N Srinivasan has led the board to suffer a loss of Rs 10,000 crore.