Forbidden former IPL commissioner Lalit Modi has once again attacked at BCCI saying the 2009 IPL auctions were rigged to enable Chennai Super Kings (CSK) to retain England all-rounder Andrew Flintoff.

Modi's statements seemed to lend credence to Sahara boss Subrata Roy's claim that the IPL lacked a level-playing field and rules were tweaked to favour influential teams. Roy's group recently pulled out of sponsoring the Indian cricket team and also withdrew from the IPL, in which it owned a team, following "long-term" differences with the BCCI over the IPL.

CSK, incidentally, is owned by Indian cricket board (BCCI) president N Srinivasan, who was quick to deny Modi's allegations. Srinivasan, who was BCCI secretary at that time, told the sources there was absolutely no truth to Modi's claims. He said, "All I can say is that there is absolutely no substance or truth in what he is saying. If he is talking about 2009 why is he saying all this in 2012."

Modi also suggested that Mumbai Indians was the other team for which rules had been tweaked and added that Sahara's pullout both from the national team's sponsorship and from the IPL would cost the BCCI Rs 10,000 crore. He said Pune Warriors' withdrawal was evidence the IPL business model would not work.

Well, now let’s just see what can be done to solve the hullabaloo!

Source: TNN