lalit modi

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Now, Lalit Modi wants two IPLs every year

By ⋅ May 23, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

With the Indian Premier League proving a smashing hit in its adopted home in South Africa, the organisers of the Twenty20 razzmatazz are mulling a second and shorter version of the event in the same calendar year at an overseas location. IPL Commissioner Lalit Modi told ‘The Daily Telegraph’ that the success of the second [...]

Strategy breaks to be reviewed after IPL II: Lalit Modi

By ⋅ April 24, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Beating a retreat after the widespread criticism of the ‘strategy break’, Indian Premier League chairman Lalit Modi said innovations like this would be reviewed after the second edition of the Twenty20 event gets over. Via ExpresIndia

90% IPL tickets sold: Modi

By ⋅ April 17, 2009 ⋅ One comment

Indian Premier League chairman Lalit Modi claims 90 per cent of the tickets for the cash-rich Twenty20 event starting tomorrow have been sold at the eight venues. “The ticket prices had been aimed at filling the stadiums,” Modi said at a press conference ahead of the event which will start with Chennai Super Kings taking [...]

FIFA can learn from IPL in event hosting: Lalit Modi

By ⋅ April 17, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

IPL commissioner Lalit Modi is ready for Saturday’s opening ceremony and said the speed of preparations should inspire FIFA in its struggles to organize football’s Confederations Cup in June and the 2010 World Cup. The Twenty20 Indian Premier League was hastily moved out of India just over three weeks ago for security reasons as the [...]

IPL to produce fevered festivities for SA

By ⋅ April 16, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Indian Premier League (IPL) commissioner Lalit Modi promised on Wednesday a non-stop carnival atmosphere at this year’s tournament in South Africa. However, Modi insists South Africans can expect a continuous party with organisers looking to raise the bar in terms of festivities. “The entire IPL second season is going to be like a carnival” Via [...]

IPL chairman Modi receives death threat

By ⋅ April 15, 2009 ⋅ One comment

Nicholls and Steyn, the South African security agency acting on behalf of the Indian Premier League, has confirmed it took “the necessary precautions” following reports of a death threat to Lalit Modi, the IPL’s highly influential chairman and commissioner. The threat is alleged to have come from criminals in the Indian underworld thought to be [...]

Lalit Modi bats for IPL awards now

By ⋅ April 13, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

If one thought the Indian Premier League (IPL) was the only ace up Lalit Modi’s sleeve, you might have to think again. For, the man who’s made Twenty20 a million-dollar enterprise is now planning dedicated IPL cricket awards on the lines of the ICC awards. Via ET

‘Strategy breaks’ in IPL not for revenue: Modi

By ⋅ April 9, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

In yet another deviation from tradition, the second edition of the Twenty20 extravaganza would see teams getting a five-minute ‘strategy break’ after 10 overs apparently to get their acts right. Even though many feel the move was aimed at increasing advertisement revenue, Modi insisted it was just to speed up proceedings. Via NDTV

IPL inches closer to England

By ⋅ March 23, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Four Indian Premier League officials, including Lalit Modi, are set to fly to London tomorrow, after the England and Wales Cricket Board signalled its willingness to stage the competition in England, the Press Trust of India agency has reported. Via Guardian

No question of truncating IPL, says Lalit Modi

By ⋅ March 22, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

The schedule for the second edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL), the Twenty20 format cricket tournament organised by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), will not be cut short, according to IPL Commissioner and BCCI vice-president Lalit Modi. Via BS

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