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IPL names interim chairman
Published in The Saudi Gazette on 27 - 04 - 2010

With Lalit Modi suspended amid allegations of corruption dating back to the inaugural season in 2008, the Indian Premier League's governing council Monday elected another national cricket board vice president as its interim chairman.
Shashank Manohar, President of the Board of Control for Cricket in India, which sanctions the IPL, said Chirayu Amin would manage the league while charges against IPL chairman Modi were investigated.
Manohar said Modi was being investigated over the initial bids for Rajasthan Royals and Kings XI Punjab in the original 2008 auctions, a broadcast deal, bid rigging of two new clubs last month and his own behavior.
In the meantime, Modi is barred from participating in the operation of the IPL, the cricket board or any of its committees.
“It's the BCCI's duty to look into the allegations, and to have an inquiry it's important to suspend the person concerned,” Manohar said. “It is not a punishment. The person has to be kept out of the board's functioning to make sure a free and fair inquiry.
“IPL is a great property and loved by everyone, but ethics and transparency are most,” important.
Manohar announced Modi's suspension following the IPL final late Sunday, after days of mounting controversy following raids by tax officials on the offices of the lucrative Twenty20 league and the BCCI.
Manohar said Modi's “alleged acts of individual misdemeanors” had “brought a bad name to the administration of cricket and the game itself.” He said the BCCI was concerned about missing documents in the IPL finances “as the income tax officials have been asking for them.”
Modi, who is a vice president of the BCCI, Monday said his running of the IPL was completely transparent and denied any corruption.
Indian lawmakers have demanded a parliamentary inquiry into claims that IPL clubs had been sold for millions of dollars without accounting for the source of the funds.
“A lot of allegations and counter-allegations have been made through the media during the past 15 days. We have looked into the allegations that have been leveled,” Manohar told reporters.
Manohar said Modi would be given 15 days to show why “disciplinary action should not be taken against him.”
An investigation by the BCCI's chief administrator into the IPL records had already shown “a lot of documents missing,” Manohar said.
Manohar reportedly rejected requests for him to take over as the IPL chairman. The IPL's governing council scheduled another meeting in a month.
Amin, a businessman who heads the Baroda Cricket Association, said he would focus on bringing transparency to IPL affairs.
“The immediate task is to clean up the IPL. The event has just concluded and we'll now start planning for the next year,” Amin said.
Most credit for the rapid evolution of the lucrative IPL Twenty20 competition has been credited to Modi, who also heads the BCCI's fixtures committee that decides the venues and itinerary of international matches in India.
Modi's suspension put an end to debate over his role in Monday's governing council meeting.
Initially, he'd attempted to have the meeting deferred to May 1, saying that he alone was empowered to call for such a meeting.
But Modi changed course Sunday to say he wanted to chair the meeting and discuss all allegations against him. He demanded that the charges against him be made in writing and with proof, which media reports said forced Manohar's hand.
“The BCCI is scared of the truth. Nothing wrong has been done,” New Delhi Television quoted Modi as saying Monday.
“Every decision was endorsed by the governing council.” Modi had earlier said he'd take the blame if irregularities had occurred.
“If there is any flouting of rules and any irregularities, I shall take full responsibility,” Press Trust of India quoted him as saying. “I assure millions of passionate fans of the league and the game across the globe that the IPL is clean and transparent. “We should not allow this brand to be diluted and we will not.”


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