Modi proposes, BCCI disposes

After a much hullabaloo, the Supreme Court has announced the results of the elections to the administrative body for Rajasthan Cricket Association and Lalit Modi has been announced the convincing winner for the president post.

However, Modi’s happiness was short-lived as red-faced BCCI under its new head Sunil Gavaskar, banned Rajasthan cricket body for lifetime and even appointed a separate team to look into its day-to-day affairs. The order was issued by BCCI’s interim president Shivlal Yadav.

Modi, the former IPL commissioner, has been living in London in exile for over four years after the allegation of financial bungling related to IPL broke out.

Modi won the election by a landslide margin, polling in 24 out of 33 votes, while his opponent Rampal Sharma received only five votes.

It was almost a 20:20 match between Modi and BCCI ever since the Apex Court appointed Justice Kasliwal to oversee the December 19 elections, as fortunes swung in favour of each other till the last moment.

Modi, who feels that the win as RCA chief will pave his way to return to BCCI, said he intended to cleanse the system in the state cricket body, formerly headed by CP Joshi. However, with the quashing of the cricket body, his dream will never come true.

Earlier, the BCCI disciplinary committee, comprising Arun Jaitley and Jyotiraditya Scindia, had submitted a 134-page report in July, 2013, in which it had found Modi guilty of financial irregularities, indiscipline and actions detrimental to the interest of the BCCI.