The Hindu Business Line : Modi submits ‘some' documents to BCCI

Another turning point in the Indian Premier League saga is around the corner, as the May 10 deadline approaches for the now suspended IPL Commissioner, Mr Lalit Modi, to make his submissions before the Board of Control for Cricket in India.

Late on Saturday, Mr Modi submitted some documents, including that of franchisee agreements and media rights to BCCI, Mr Ratnakar Shetty, Board's Chief Administrative Officer, confirmed. However, Mr Modi has not given all missing documents, he said. Earlier in the day, Mr Modi was in New Delhi to consult his lawyers on the matter.

According to sources, Mr Modi is expected to disclose specific details of ownership structures, information exchanged between the IPL governing council members, as well as explain various contracts, starting from first season of IPL in 2008.

However, in another twist to the developments, the UK-based daily The Guardian was quoted as saying on Saturday that Yorkshire County chief executive Mr Stuart Regan had sent an e-mail to other counties saying: “If the governing bodies try to block the development of IPL20, then the franchises could, if they wished, simply buy up the players and create their own cricket structure. Modi believes that most star players would take the money rather than spend months playing county, state or Test cricket. If he wanted he could launch IPL Tests or ODIs.”

Earlier this week, the BCCI had issued another notice to Mr Modi for negotiating for a parallel league in the UK without the consent of BCCI and the English Cricket Board (ECB).

According to an e-mail sent by the ECB Chief, Mr Giles Clarke, to BCCI, Mr Modi was in talks with two officials from event management company IMG and also with representatives of Yorkshire, Warwickshire and Lancashire counties. But the counties as well as IMG have denied these allegations.

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Modi submits ‘some' documents to BCCI