New Delhi: The BCCI in all likelihood will impose a life ban on former IPL commissioner and its vice-president Lalit Modi at a Special General Meeting (SGM) to be convened in Chennai on September 25.
A senior BCCI official informed on Monday that the contents of the exhaustive report filed by disciplinary committee comprising of Jyotiraditya Scindia and Arun Jaitley was discussed at the Working Committee meeting in Kolkata on Sunday.
“The committee’s report has suggested imposing a life ban on Lalit Modi. To decide on his fate, a special general body meeting has been summoned in Chennai on September 25 to decide on the issue. As of now, the life ban looks imminent,” the official told PTI.
To impose a life ban on Modi, the BCCI will need a two-thirds majority at the SGM, which means a minimum of 21 members will have to vote in favour of the ban.
Modi was the IPL chairman-cum-commissioner during the first three editions but was suspended immediately after the closing ceremony in 2010, on charges of financial irregularities in running of the league as well as improper practices during auction of two new teams before the third edition.
During the suspension, a three-member disciplinary committee comprising of political heavyweights Scindia and Jaitley along with president Srinivasan was formed. But Srinivasan recused himself and the erstwhile IPL chairman Chirayu Amin was made a member.
But subsequently Amin also recused himself and it became a two-member committee.
However by the time, Jaitley, who looked after the legal part and Scindia, who looked on the charges of impropreity, submitted an exhaustive 400-page report, Srinivasan had stepped aside from discharging his functions.
If the Supreme Court hearing on September 11 turns out to be a favourable one, Srinivasan will be chairing the SGM.
“The SGM on September 25 will also serve a dual purpose – it will be a dress rehearsal for the AGM on September 29. The equations will become clear that day,” the official added. (PTI)
CLT20 matches shifted out of Hyderabad
New Delhi: Champions League T20 matches that were scheduled to be held in Hyderabad have been shifted to Mohali, Ranchi and Ahmedabad after the local police refused to provide security cover for the event due to religious festivals and the Telengana agitation in parts of the state.
Four teams – Sunrisers Hyderabad, Otago Volts, Kandurata Maroons and Faisalabad Wolves – were to play each other once in the CLT20 qualifiers in the city on September 17, 18 and 20 but the six games will now be played in Mohali.
The top two teams will join the eight others that have already qualified for the group phase.
The three double-headers of the group stages, too, have been shifted out from the state, the organisers said on Monday.
While Mohali will play host to two matches on September 24, the JSCA International Stadium Complex, Ranchi has bagged the double-header on September 28.
The two games scheduled on September 30 will take place at the Sardar Patel Gujarat Stadium in Motera. (PTI)