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Modi, who is wanted by Indian police over allegations of money laundering linked to a lucrative television deal, said a detailed plan had been years in the making. "We're talking about another cricketing system. There is a blueprint out there, it's got my rubber stamp on it," he told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation in an interview.
"I have been involved in it. I say it for the first time, I've been involved in putting that (blue) print together."
In the past, while acknowledging involvement in discussions to set up a new governing body, Modi had insisted he had walked away from the project. "The plan that I have put together is a very detailed plan, it's not a plan that's come off the cuff, it's been taking years and years and years in the making," he said.
His blueprint foresees a new cricketing world body affiliated with the Olympic movement and a rival calendar of events to the ICC's, based on Test matches and T20s with 50-over one-day internationals dumped. "The plan conceives only of Test cricket and T20; it doesn't take into account one-day at all," he told the broadcaster.
"I think that is completely redundant in today's day and age. I think it should just be T20 and Test matches that should be played."
He added that an affiliation with the Olympic movement, amid growing calls for T20 to be played at the world's biggest sporting event, was part of the plan. "I have been proposing that. The ICC will never agree to that; never means never," he said.
Lalit Modi reveals plans to overthrow world cricket establishment
"I have been involved in it. I say it for the first time, I've been involved in putting that (blue) print together."
In the past, while acknowledging involvement in discussions to set up a new governing body, Modi had insisted he had walked away from the project. "The plan that I have put together is a very detailed plan, it's not a plan that's come off the cuff, it's been taking years and years and years in the making," he said.
His blueprint foresees a new cricketing world body affiliated with the Olympic movement and a rival calendar of events to the ICC's, based on Test matches and T20s with 50-over one-day internationals dumped. "The plan conceives only of Test cricket and T20; it doesn't take into account one-day at all," he told the broadcaster.
"I think that is completely redundant in today's day and age. I think it should just be T20 and Test matches that should be played."
He added that an affiliation with the Olympic movement, amid growing calls for T20 to be played at the world's biggest sporting event, was part of the plan. "I have been proposing that. The ICC will never agree to that; never means never," he said.
Lalit Modi reveals plans to overthrow world cricket establishment
