Lalit Modi accuses N Srinivasan of umpire fixing in Chennai Super Kings matches in IPL (File)
Former Indian Premier League (IPL) chairman Lalith Modi levelled serious allegations against former BCCI secretary N Srinivasan, saying that he used to put Chennai umpires in the Chennai Super Kings matches in the T20 extravaganza.
“He (N Srinivasan) didn’t like IPL; he didn’t think IPL will work but when it started to work everybody got the bandwagon. He was member and secretary of the board also so he was the biggest adversary of mine. I went up against him, so he did many things, umpire fixing, he said, ‘I did it’, Modi said in a recent interaction with Raj Shamani YouTube Channel.
“I accused him for it. He would change the umpire and I didn’t think two things about it. But then I realized he is putting Chennai umpire in Chennai games, it’s an issue for me. That’s called fixing so when I tried to expose those, he went totally against me,” he added.
Lalit Modi accuses Srinivasan of UMPIRE FIXING in IPL:
1. Srini anyhow wanted Flintoff in CSK. He was BCCI Sec. We asked all other teams not to bid for him.2. Srini changed the umpires. He appointed Chennai Umpires in the matches of Chennai Super Kings🤯
🎥: Raj Shamani YT pic.twitter.com/Z610hckBqD— The Analyzer (News Updates🗞️) (@Indian_Analyzer) November 27, 2024
Modi also accused Srinivasan of fixing the bidding for England’s Andrew Flintoff, adding that every other team was told not to bid for the player.
“Take out everything auction ringing, this ringing, I gave Flintoff to Srinivasan. Yes, we did. No doubt about it, every team knew about it. Srinivasan wasn’t going to let IPL happen. He was a thorn in our bush. Yes, we told everybody not to bid for [Andrew] Flintoff,” he said.
“Yes, that I did because Srinivasan said I want Flintoff. But when you are trying to do an event like IPL and I did it single-handedly, you need to remove every thorn, what is bigger for the game. Every player is only for three months,” Modi added.
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