Suspended Indian Premier League(IPL) commissioner Lalit Modi is in Delhi to put the finishing touches on his reply to the showcause notice issued to him by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). Modi infact has to prepare his reply for a second showcause notice as well as for planning an IPL-like league in England.
Sources have told NDTV that Modi is now planning to take legal action against England and Wales Cricket Board Chairman Giles Clarke, and suing him for defamation.
"The world has reacted to the showcause notice issued to me, I don't need to react to it, I still have 15 days, everyone knows what it is about, says Modi after arriving in the Capital.
Meanwhile, there is a proof that he did have a meeting with English counties. The e-mail that Giles Clarke forwarded to BCCI President Shashank Manohar contains the minutes of that meeting, and Modi's vision for the tournament in England. Newspaper reports in UK seem to suggest that sports management company IMG is planning legal action against Clarke as well.
And though Lalit Modi may be in danger of being removed from the BCCI and IPL fold completely, one has to appreciate his never say die attitude. He had said few days ago, "I have been the BCCI's public enemy No 1 for a long time now."
And for those wondering if this is the beginning of the end for the man who gave India and the world a product called IPL, well, here's what he himself has to say.
"I am not going anywhere, I have only been suspended," says Lalit Modi.
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