The IPL was started in the year 2008. (Photo-nesh debiky/galllo images/getty images)
A rule was broken during the match of Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) and Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in the Indian Premier League (IPL). This rule was deliberately broken. All cricket fans are shocked after this disclosure. The IPL started in the year 2008 and gradually this league kept making the world crazy. Now IPL is the world’s largest league and every cricketer dreams of playing in it. Apart from the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), the first chairman of IPL Lalit Modi had a big hand in making this league bigger. Now Lalit Modi has made such a disclosure during a podcast, which has surprised everyone.
Lalit Modi made a big disclosure
Former chairman of IPL during a podcast Lalit Modi Made a big disclosure in front of Michael Clarke. The IPL was started in the year 2008. The first match was to be played between RCB and KKR. During this time, Lalit Modi broke a big rule to show the first match everywhere.
He told that earlier the broadcastic rights of IPL were near Sony Network, but he did not have enough watches. In view of this, I decided to break a rule. He said that to make viewership and IPL popular, all the news channels and the telecast for sports channels around the world were free.
What did Lalit Modi say?
Lalit Modi said, “Everything depended on that one match. I broke all the rules that day. I signed a special contract with Soni, but Sony did not have a rich. I said open the signal. Now it was available everywhere, is it available everywhere, isn’t it? And I told all those broadcasters who lost the bids, all of you, all the news channels, go to live”.
He further explained that angry with this, Soni Network said that I will sue you. I said to sue later, forget now. We are getting live right now, because you are not a rich. I wanted everyone to watch the first match of IPL. If the first match flopped, I would have died. Although these claims are not mentioned in media reports, but due to this decision of Lalit Modi, the IPL became quite hit, but it also created controversy.
When the contract is over
after this Bcci And the relationship between Lalit Modi started deteriorating and the matter reached the court. In March 2009, BCCI abolished its broadcastic rights with Sony Entertainment Television and World Sports Group citing contract violations. After this, Lalit Modi interacted on a new agreement, under which Soni withdrew the rights till 2017 for about 1.63 billion US dollars (about Rs 8,200 crore).
Under this deal, the World Sports Group was given Rs 425 crore to give up its claims. The case caught everyone’s attention, as BCCI alleged that Lalit Modi misused his rights in amending the contract and giving preference to WSG. The Enforcement Directorate (ED) investigated the matter. After this, legal action started on Lalit Modi. Lalit Modi is currently living an elected life in the UK.
