Mumbai, April 26: IPL Czar Lalit Modi was today dethroned in a swift counter-attack by the Cricket Board (BCCI) which accused him of rigging bids for teams and a number of other serious financial irregularities during his three-year reign as IPL Chairman.
Suspended from his high-profile position in the middle of the night, ironically minutes after his third successful IPL concluded here, Modi was this morning replaced as interim Chairman by a virtual unknown, businessman Chirayu Amin one of the vice-presidents of BCCI.
The suspension pre-empted 46-year-old Modi’s last ditch attempt to outmanouvre his detractors by announcing last night that he would chair today’s meeting of the 14-member IPL Governing Council that was to decide his fate. The suspension having been communicated to him through e-mail ensured his absence.
–Agencies