New Delhi: Lalit Modi's lawyers on Tuesday pressed for the inclusion of a retired Supreme Court judge and recusal of Chirayu Amin and Arun Jaitely from the BCCI's disciplinary panel, probing into the alleged financial irregularities of the suspended IPL Chairman.

The stand-off between Lalit Modi, the suspended Indian Premier League (IPL) chairman, and the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) took a major turn on Thursday when the Bombay High Court refused to grant Modi the relief he sought.

New Delhi: In a move that threatens to snowball into a major controversy, IPL governing council member Sunil Gavaskar has written an e-mail to the eight team captains, bypassing the franchise owners.

The suspended IPL Commissioner, Lalit Modi, has asked the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) to provide him with a copy of the

Lalit Modi's fate would be on top of the agenda when the BCCI's general body meets in Mumbai on Saturday for a special sitting which is expected to take the first step towards the suspended IPL Commissioner's eventual expulsion from the Board.

Mumbai: The IPL governing council will meet on Friday to draw a road map for the fourth edition of the twenty20 league.

Suspended Indian Premier League (IPL) commissioner Lalit Modi has submitted his reply to the third showcause notice by the Indian cricket board on the alleged irregularities in the cash-rich League.

The dust may be rising over Sharad Pawar’s alleged stages in IPL teams, but this will make no difference to him becoming president of the International Cricket Council. The union agriculture minister is set to take over the top job at the ICC from David Morgan at the end of this month when the ICC meets in Singapore from June 28 for its four-day annual conference.

The organisers may insist it as clean but Deccan Chargers’ Australian skipper Adam Gilchrist feels the Indian Premier League is an “easy target” for match-fixers as players are accessible during the event. “It’s been discussed among players in the IPL — more wondering whether it goes on. There’s a strong thought that we’d be naive to think it’s not happening, because it’s a pretty easy target. There’s a lot of accessibility to players and it’s early in its governance,” Gilchrist, who is here to play for county side Middlesex, said.

Mumbai: The third show cause notice slapped on Lalit Modi is nothing but the Board's response to his allegations against BCCI Secretary N Srinivasan, according to the lawyer of the suspended IPL Commissioner.