Offices of a number of Indian Premier League (IPL) franchises were raided by police, Indian media said on Wednesday, amid the growing IPL corruption saga.
Punjab, Kolkata, Chennai and Rajasthan franchises were reportedly raided by police.
It was also reported that India’s Enforcement Directorate (ED) will inquire into the ‘unauthorised transfer’ of foreign funds in the IPL, after registering a case against the cash-rich cricket league.
A report in Indian daily The Hindu quotes ED officials as saying that funds from abroad, without the permission of RBI, might have trickled in to the IPL.
Meanwhile, vice president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) Ravi Shukla said that the BCCI’s governing council meeting will take decision on the on-going IPL saga while keeping in mind the image and welfare of the board.
Modi wants to postpone the meeting of the governing council.
The meeting is scheduled for April 26 after uproar by politicians and lawmakers prompted the Indian government to initiate an investigation. The investigation will primarily be concentrated into the financing of the IPL after allegations of corruption emerged recently.
PTI quoted unidentified sources as saying that Modi has told the BCCI that he would not be able to attend Monday's meeting as he needed more time to prepare himself to respond to any questions relating to the funding and the ownership pattern of the eight franchises.
Modi is facing a probe into accusations of money laundering but has received support from owners of the IPL teams.
Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty, who is the co-owner of the Rajasthan team said Modi should not be judged guilty until proven.
Shetty said that the media and politicians should refrain from jumping to conclusions about Modi without proof.
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Thursday, April 22, 2010
Mumbai Indians In the Final Of IPL-3
Everything changed in the last five overs of the Mumbai Indians' innings. The game was in a deadlock at the end of 15 overs with Mumbai on 107 for 4 - some might have even felt that Royal Challengers Bangalore held the edge - but things took a dramatic turn from there on. Saurabh Tiwary hit an enterprising half-century and Kieron Pollard played a delightful cameo to charge Mumbai to 184 for 5 at the DY Patil Stadium. It was a bridge too far even for the batting-heavy Bangalore and they never really threatened to get anywhere close to the target. The 35-run win took Mumbai to the final, and sealed their qualification for the Champions League Twenty20 to be held in September.
It was always going to be a difficult chase and things got really tough for Bangalore in the tenth over with the fall of Robin Uthappa and Rahul Dravid off successive deliveries. Bangalore had reached 80 for 2 from nine overs and had already lost Kevin Pietersen to a smart leg-side stumping by Ambati Rayudu off Harbhajan Singh; they then suffered the twin blows that effectively killed the contest. Uthappa was in hot form, collecting 18 runs from Harbhajan's over with the help of two thumping sixes, but he dragged a slower one straight to deep midwicket.
Before Bangalore could recover from that asphyxiating blow, they lost Dravid, who had played a fluent knock, to a run-out resulting from a misunderstanding with Ross Taylor. And though Taylor hung around for a while, he couldn't produce any miracle tonight. Bangalore were left to rue their ordinary effort in the field in the last five overs where they lost the game.
The game actually changed in character twice during Mumbai's innings: first after the first time-out was taken at the end of seven overs, and second from the 15th over onwards. Mumbai had recovered after the early fall of Sachin Tendulkar, courtesy an impish knock from Rayudu who counter-attacked initially before settling down, to reach 62 for 2 in seven overs, but were gradually choked by the slower bowlers. In the next six overs, before the second time-out was taken, only 31 runs came with the addition of two wickets.
Things looked desperate for Mumbai but Tiwary looted 17 runs from the 16th over bowled by Jacques Kallis to turn things around. The first delivery, a slower one, was swung over the midwicket boundary; the fourth was bludgeoned to midwicket for a four; and the fifth ran away to fine-leg boundary via an inside-edge. Mumbai had broken free and continued to indulge themselves in the end overs.
Anil Kumble, who, before then, had combined well with Pietersen, handed back the initiative as he conceded 17 runs in the 17th over. It was Tiwary, again, who did the damage. He made use of a freehit to collect a boundary to backward square-leg before flat-batting a six to the straight boundary, as Kumble's visage grew angrier. It was the image of the night.
Pollard joined in the fun right in the end, with his big lofted drives, to further boost Mumbai. Pollard pinged the long-off boundary with two sixes against Vinay Kumar and slugged Dale Steyn over long-on for another six as Mumbai finished off in style. And so, after 41 days of non-stop action, Mumbai entered their first final in the three years of IPL.
source(cricinfo)
It was always going to be a difficult chase and things got really tough for Bangalore in the tenth over with the fall of Robin Uthappa and Rahul Dravid off successive deliveries. Bangalore had reached 80 for 2 from nine overs and had already lost Kevin Pietersen to a smart leg-side stumping by Ambati Rayudu off Harbhajan Singh; they then suffered the twin blows that effectively killed the contest. Uthappa was in hot form, collecting 18 runs from Harbhajan's over with the help of two thumping sixes, but he dragged a slower one straight to deep midwicket.
Before Bangalore could recover from that asphyxiating blow, they lost Dravid, who had played a fluent knock, to a run-out resulting from a misunderstanding with Ross Taylor. And though Taylor hung around for a while, he couldn't produce any miracle tonight. Bangalore were left to rue their ordinary effort in the field in the last five overs where they lost the game.
The game actually changed in character twice during Mumbai's innings: first after the first time-out was taken at the end of seven overs, and second from the 15th over onwards. Mumbai had recovered after the early fall of Sachin Tendulkar, courtesy an impish knock from Rayudu who counter-attacked initially before settling down, to reach 62 for 2 in seven overs, but were gradually choked by the slower bowlers. In the next six overs, before the second time-out was taken, only 31 runs came with the addition of two wickets.
Things looked desperate for Mumbai but Tiwary looted 17 runs from the 16th over bowled by Jacques Kallis to turn things around. The first delivery, a slower one, was swung over the midwicket boundary; the fourth was bludgeoned to midwicket for a four; and the fifth ran away to fine-leg boundary via an inside-edge. Mumbai had broken free and continued to indulge themselves in the end overs.
Anil Kumble, who, before then, had combined well with Pietersen, handed back the initiative as he conceded 17 runs in the 17th over. It was Tiwary, again, who did the damage. He made use of a freehit to collect a boundary to backward square-leg before flat-batting a six to the straight boundary, as Kumble's visage grew angrier. It was the image of the night.
Pollard joined in the fun right in the end, with his big lofted drives, to further boost Mumbai. Pollard pinged the long-off boundary with two sixes against Vinay Kumar and slugged Dale Steyn over long-on for another six as Mumbai finished off in style. And so, after 41 days of non-stop action, Mumbai entered their first final in the three years of IPL.
source(cricinfo)
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
lalit modi Refuses to Quit
Speaking to reporters at the Mumbai airport on Tuesday, Modi stated that there was no need for him to step down. Earlier in the day, former BCCI chief Sharad Pawar asked Shashank Manohar that Lalit Modi has to go after Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee and Home Minister Chidambaram met him at his residence.
Pawar said that a decision on Modi will be taken by the IPL governing council.
Saturday, April 17, 2010
latest cricket news(IPL will cooperate in tax issues:modi)
IPL Commissioner Lalit Modi on Thursday said he will fully cooperate with the income tax officials inquiring into the details of the competing teams.
“There is an inquiry, it is not a raid. The income tax officials are possibly looking for the details of the tender (for Kochi team). We will extend all possible cooperation to them,” IPL commissioner Lalit Modi said.
Immediately after the income tax officials visited the offices of BCCI-IPL at Wankhede stadium, Modi rushed to the headquarters to meet them. There were reports, earlier this week, that income tax and Enforcement Directorate could seek the details of the IPL franchise, particularly Kochi in the face of a major controversy involving some of the promoters.
Modi had divulged names of the Kochi franchise while alleging that Minister of State for External Affairs, Shashi Tharoor had asked him not to reveal the names of the promoters which included Sunanda Pushkar, a close friend of his.
Earlier on Thursday morning, a special team of the Income Tax Department visited the headquarters of the cash-rich T20 Indian Premiere League (IPL) in connection with an inquiry into financial details and share holding patterns of all the IPL franchisees.
Sources maintained that the visit cannot be termed as a “survey or a search” and that it was undertaken under Section 133 (6) of the Income Tax Act which pertains to the power to call for information. The team also sought some documents.
The income tax department has created a special cell in Mumbai to keep a tab on all income generated by the IPL, the sources said. It said the probe has been initiated to find out if there is any illegal flow of funds or whether any black money in being pumped into the sporting extravaganza including from foreign shores.—Agencies
“There is an inquiry, it is not a raid. The income tax officials are possibly looking for the details of the tender (for Kochi team). We will extend all possible cooperation to them,” IPL commissioner Lalit Modi said.
Immediately after the income tax officials visited the offices of BCCI-IPL at Wankhede stadium, Modi rushed to the headquarters to meet them. There were reports, earlier this week, that income tax and Enforcement Directorate could seek the details of the IPL franchise, particularly Kochi in the face of a major controversy involving some of the promoters.
Modi had divulged names of the Kochi franchise while alleging that Minister of State for External Affairs, Shashi Tharoor had asked him not to reveal the names of the promoters which included Sunanda Pushkar, a close friend of his.
Earlier on Thursday morning, a special team of the Income Tax Department visited the headquarters of the cash-rich T20 Indian Premiere League (IPL) in connection with an inquiry into financial details and share holding patterns of all the IPL franchisees.
Sources maintained that the visit cannot be termed as a “survey or a search” and that it was undertaken under Section 133 (6) of the Income Tax Act which pertains to the power to call for information. The team also sought some documents.
The income tax department has created a special cell in Mumbai to keep a tab on all income generated by the IPL, the sources said. It said the probe has been initiated to find out if there is any illegal flow of funds or whether any black money in being pumped into the sporting extravaganza including from foreign shores.—Agencies
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