Lalit Modi accuses N Srinivasan of ‘umpire fixing’

Former Indian Premier League (IPL) chairman Lalit Modi has leveled serious allegations against former BCCI secretary N Srinivasan accusing him of “umpire fixing”.

“He [N Srinivasan] didn’t like IPL; he didn’t think IPL will work but when it started to work everybody got the bandwagon,” Modi was quoted by the Indian Express.

According to Lalit Modi, Srinivasan was member and secretary of the board also so he was the biggest adversary of him.

“I went up against him, so he did many things, umpire fixing, he said, ‘I did it’,” Modi said.

Modi went on to add that when he tried to expose Srinivasan, the former BCCI secretary went totally again him.

“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.

Modi also accused Srinivasan of fixing the bidding for England’s Andrew Flintoff.

“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.