IPL Match fixing: Former IPL chief Lalit Modi has made a shocking statement. In a podcast, Lalit Modi made serious allegations against former ICC chairman and Chennai Super Kings (CSK) owner N Srinivasan. Lalit Modi says that Srinivasan used to get umpires to fix matches of CSK in IPL. He further said that CSK always wanted Andrew Flintoff to remain with them.
IPL founder Lalit Modi said a big thing on Raj Shamani's YouTube channel about the five-time IPL champion team Chennai Super Kings. Lalit Modi admitted that yes, we rigged the bid. Every franchise knew about it. We told everyone not to bid for Flintoff because Srinivasan wanted him.
Lalit Modi accuses Srinivasan of UMPIRE FIXING in IPL:
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1. Srini anyhow wanted Flintoff in CSK. He was BCCI Sec. We asked all other teams not to bid for him.
2. Srini changed the umpires. He appointed Chennai Umpires in the matches of Chennai Super Kings?
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Lalit Modi also accused CSK owner Srinivasan of umpire fixing in IPL and said that he started changing umpires and umpires were changed in CSK matches. This was a problem for me because it was a direct fix. When I stopped him from doing this, he turned against me.
Used to change umpires in Chennai Super Kings matches: After this, Lalit Modi further told in this podcast how N Srinivasan used to take advantage of being a BCCI official. During that time, he also changed umpires in Chennai matches. Lalit said,
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IPL founder Lalit Modi fled the country in 2010 after being accused of money laundering. He is currently living in London. The Indian government declared him a fugitive after he left the country. He was suspended in 2010 on charges of fraud in the IPL. He was also suspended from the BCCI.
CSK has won the IPL title five times: Chennai Super Kings has won the title a total of 5 times in IPL history. The CSK team has entered the IPL Final 10 times, while it has qualified for the playoffs 12 times. CSK has won the IPL title in the years 2010, 2011, 2018, 2021 and 2023.
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