Sharad Pawar backs Lalit Modi in IPL Kochi row

Sharad Pawar on Thursday came out in support of IPL commissioner Lalit Modi, saying there was nothing wrong in making public names of the stakeholders of the Kochi franchise. 

"There in nothing wrong in disclosing the names of the stakeholders to the public," Pawar, former BCCI chief and ICC President-elect, said on Thursday. 

He was asked about Modi revealing the names of the Kochi stakeholders, one of them being Sunanda Pushkar, a close friend of the Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor. Tharoor is alleged to have had a hand in Pushkar getting free equity worth 70 crore in IPL Kochi. 

Pawar was asked about questions being raised over transparency in IPL and allegations of underworld and betting syndicates pumping huge amounts in securing franchise. 

"If the IPL Commissioner or BCCI President is asking any information about any bid, they have got every right to ask for the information because unless and until they collect the correct information, they will not realise who are behind this," he said. 

The former BCCI President also supported Shashi Tharoor who helped set up the consortium which bagged the Kochi franchise, saying the minister's "basic interest" was to bring cricket to center stage in Kerala and provide opportunities to players from the state. 

"What my observation is that Tharoor's basic interest was that Kochi should get opportunity in the IPL. He was eager to show to people of Kerala that IPL is also a part of Kerala and wanted to encourage new players from Kerala," Pawar said. 

The Agriculture Minister hoped the IPL governing council meeting later this month will clear the "misunderstandings". 

"I am absolutely clear that when (BCCI President) Shashank Manohar will have this meeting, all misunderstandings will be cleared," he said. 

Pawar also said that Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi had no role in the entire episode. 

"They (Kochi investors) met me once and there was suggestion that Kochi stadium will take a year or two to complete. So in the meantime if they play in Ahmedabad, that will be better. 

"But I advised them 'you have taken the option of Kochi. Please do not shift the place'. Fortunately that time Narendra Modi was in town. These people met Modi also and in my presence Modi told the investors 'Don't insist for Ahmedabad because you got this opportunity for Kochi," he said. 

Pawar said he did not believe Lalit Modi offered the Kochi franchise $50 million to back out. He also questioned the seriousness of the underworld threat that Tharoor is claimed to have received.

IPL Kochi franchisee spat sets up Modi - Tharoor clash

TIMES OF INDIA - The IPL-Kochi franchisee controversy took a new twist on Monday, setting the stage for a face-off between IPL commissioner Lalit Modi and minister of state for external affairs Shashi Tharoor. 

In a day of fast-paced developments, Modi was threatened with legal action by the franchisee, Rendezvous Sports, and received an admonition from BCCI for revealing who owns how much in Rendezvous. He countered by accusing Tharoor of calling him up to ask him not to seek the identity of the Rendezvous stakeholders, though regulations make it necessary for the identities to be revealed to IPL. 

Interestingly, one of the Rendezvous stake holders made public by Modi in his tweets is Sunanda Pushkar, beautician-cum-socialite, who is reported by agencies to be on the verge of marrying Tharoor. Aides of Tharoor have refused to comment on the speculation on the ground that "it is an absolutely private matter". 

Pushkar is said to divide her time between Mumbai and Dubai. According to Modi, she owns 18% of Rendezvous shares, though TOI could not confirm this independently. On the agreement papers, she is said to be a resident of Jammu Tawi. 

What lends intensity to the unfolding drama is the suspicion that the IPL bosses - unhappy with Rendezvous gate crashing into the bidding - may be pressuring it to vacate the slot for an established corporate entity. The matter has taken on the dimension of a powerplay - not of the Twenty20 kind - with political circles buzzing about Tharoor lobbying Congress bigwigs to beat back the bid to get Rendezvous to leave Kochi. 

Even if true, this failed to deter Modi from digging in his heels. A combative IPL commissioner reacted to a letter of rebuke by BCCI chief Shashank Manohar by insisting that his disclosure of the Rendezvous ownership pattern did not amount to breach of regulations. In fact, he alleged that the Kochi franchisee had a "lot to hide" and "have lied about who is the actual owner of the shares."

Lalit Modi Said Sorry To Shilpa Shetty On Twitter

Lalit Modi Said Sorry to Shilpa Shetty and asking Shilpa To Say To MEDIA.


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@TheShilpaShetty I am sorry. We have tried one and all. But it has fallen on deaf ears. Let's make the best of it. Tell your story to media

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The Fake IPL Player Identification

Well for all of you those who have not heard it and those of you who are following it.I thought it is really a subject to be spoken on my blog.There is this guy who terms him as FAKE IPL PLAYER is supposedly claiming to be one of the members of the Kolkata Knight Riders team and he is distributing every possible information on the players and team management in detail.He has gone to the extent of giving information on where the players have gone ,who have they hangout with or what where the fights and indifferences between them. As a matter of fact lot of information given by this guy has been claimed to be true which has caused chaos in the dressing room of the kolkata knight riders. He has stated them as duffers.. coz they zeroing on guyz who don’t even have an idea on what a blog is… instead of catching him.

Well whoever this guy is , he is has real cheek and the stuff .He has named each player and person he has commented on with a lot of wit. It actually took me some time to find out all the persons he had commented on and the background on which he has named them. I'm releasing the detail list of the players involved in the story of the fakeiplplayer.blogspot.com .. story and also would give you the reason for the origin of those names…

1) Kishen Kanaiyya refers to Ravi Shastri.

2) Appam Chuthiya refers to Sreeshanth he comes from kerala where appam is the famous delicacy and fakeiplplayer is calling him bcoz of his attitude.

3) Pedophile Priest refers to Adam Gilchrist.

4) Kaan Moolo referes to Ajith Agarkar coz i think all of you would know,it’s for his enormous ears.

5) Big Sister refers to Shilpa Shetty coz she rose to fame using the big brother reality show.

6) Prince Charles of Patiala refers to Yuvraj Singh coz i think its anyone’s guess well he is from punjab and worshipped like a king there,probably one more reason the author likes him.

7) Lord Almighty refers to Sourav Ganguly , once again here the writer has shown his liking for ganguly so has raised him from the status of prince to lord himself.

8. Babli refers to Preity Zinta as she is ever refreshing and encouraging her team.

9) Calypso King refers to Chris Gayle as he is considered the king of Caribbean in the world of cricket.

10) Vinnie Dildo refers to Sharukh Khan coz as far as my research says it is due to his interefering or poking behaviour and also the atmost hate of this writer towards Shahrukh.

11) Havaii Chappal refers to Greg Chapel coz of his surname ‘Chapel’ —> ‘Chappal’ and havai as prefix to show how ‘local’ he is.

12) Junta Tormentor refers to Ajantha Mendis coz of his abnormal bowling action which has tormented batsmen around the world.

13) The Baja of Baroda refers to Anshuman Gaekwad coz he is from baroda is the simple guess i suppose.

14) Sandy Baddy babe refers to Mandira Bedi coz she is a female who has nothing like a babe but still is acting like one.

15) Little John refers to Ishant Sharma ,its just a paradox to refer.

16) John Wrong refers to John Wright, ,its just a paradox to refer.

17) Bangla Tiger refers Mashrafe Mortaza coz he is from Bangaldesh and ‘tiger’ coz the author likes him.

18) Sheikh of Tweak refers to Shane Warne.

19) Meera Bhai refers to Harbhajan Singh.

20) RDB refers to Randeep Bose.

21) Ram refers to VVS Laxman.

22) Chatterjee Kaaku refers to The Old Guy from the Ad posted by the KKR(Kolkata Knight Riders) Team where he says ‘Tum Bhi Jeetoge’.

23) Mr.Batlivala refers to liqour baron Mr Vijay Mallya

24) Phoren Babas refers to Brendon Mc Cullum and the coach John Buchanan

25) Shakespeare refers to Akash Chopra

26) Ganji Hanger refers to Sanjay Bangar

27) Big Mac refers to Mathew Hayden

28) Chintu Singh refers to Anureet Singh

29) Joker refers to The Nepali guy(Chang) who was Indian Idol host

30) Sheeghra Patan refers to Yousuf Pathan

31) Candy Nickle refers to Andy Biche

32) Gilli Danda refers to Ashok Dinda

33) Mangal Pandey refers to LR shuklabengal

34) Tiger refers to Ranadeb bose

35) Style Bhai spinner refers to Murali Kartik

36) Bookha Naan refers to coach Buchanan

Teams referred in the story :
Bevdaa Team refers Bangalore Royal Challengers coz its owned by the liquor giant vijay mallya.

Big Sister’s Team refers to Rajasthan Royals coz owned by shilpa shetty.

Bubblie’s Team refers to Punjab Kings XI coz owned by preity zinta.

Well guyz as soon as he comes out with other characters i would update it over here.So keep a regularly check this site for updates.

DISCLAIMER:ALL THESE ARE PURELY BASED ON THE STORY PUT UP AT FAKEIPLPLAYER.BLOGSPOT.COM AND THESE MIGHT BE FICTIOUS. THIS IS NOT TO HURT ANYBODY’S FEELING. THIS IS JUST A INFO TO CATCH UP WITH THE HOTTEST NEWS ON THE INTERNET.