Modi faces the axe at IPL GC meeting

Knives are out for Lalit Modi and the IPL Governing Council is set to sack him as chairman.

Knives are out for Lalit Modi and the IPL Governing Council is set to sack him as chairman in a potentially volatile meeting tomorrow after being rattled by Indian cricket’s biggest financial scandal in recent memory.

The battle lines between Modi and his detractors within the BCCI have been drawn and the beleaguered IPL chairman has decided to skip the meeting,according to sources.

The nationwide tax raids have allegedly unearthed financial bunglings and at the centre of the controversy is Modi,who has been accused of having silent stakes in at least three IPL franchises.

With BCCI’s own image also taking a hit due to the IPL row,miffed Board bigwigs boycotted the IPL awards.

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