His business instincts, pulling fast-one's, suave mannerisms were too much, for some one in BCCI.
In India, Administrators are not meant to be glamorous, Page-3 type, .......
He broke that.
He broke pretty much many rules, we thought were implicit in BCCI.
BCCI has this tendency to prop up charmful people, from time to time.
Jaywant Lele, Ali Irani, Raj Singh Dungarpur, I S Bindra, Jag Mohan Dalmiya, now Lalith Modi.
Each of them were famous for their words, rather than deeds.
Lalith Modi, answered the call of "Show me the Money" and became a darling for BCCI and opened doors for Investors.
Did we imagine, Shane Warne would work for Shilpa Shetty or Dada Ganguly for Juhi Chawla....
Modi, in that sense liberated Cricketers.
Cricketers could make money, without limiting themselves to whims of BCCI.
Right or Wrong, He gambled with 20:20.
To start with, BCCI was unsure, if Indian Players can click in this short format.
Initial results in first few 20:20 matches in 2006 weren't rosy.
Once, BCCI's team won few 20:20 matches, Lalith Modi took the call to market this 20:20 in a big way.
Money started pouring and as usual, lead to fame and foul following good money.
Lalith Modi, created the franchise system, set the auction, auction price, ......... He was everywhere.
Funny enough, he donned the role of "Commissioner, IPL".
I've never found such names in any sport.
When, IPL was the Super Bowl of India, it became too much.
Modi found too many people to be handled & some had to done away with.
He took a call and....
Now, because he fell out of favor with powerful people, He's being castigated by BCCI.
Is this the way to treat some one, who made the life of (could be himself too !!) so many?
Shashi Tharoor is a recent entry into Cricket-World.
If he could open can-full of worms, Devaa, What could happen, if old-timers come out with truths......
Would any one remain, fully-clothed on that day? Every one's reputation could be dis-robed....
Hello Tehelka/India TV, Are you listening?
Time for your investigation......Plz.
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