Referring to a story in ‘The Observer’, he noted that England’s away series against Pakistan next winter remains in the balance as the International Cricket Council (ICC) awaits a satisfactory explanation from the host broadcaster Ten Sports over its involvement in cricket’s so-called rebel movement.
Modi was involved in the early stages of the project before walking away and has since confirmed its intention is greater than a one-off tournament.
Modi claims that Subhash Chandra is looking to create a new global governing body for the sport, a theory supported by company registrations and even the creation of five new city-based cricket leagues in India as recently as January.
Now on Twitter Modi has accused the ICC of blackmail. “So for @ICC to [HASHTAG]#blackmail[/HASHTAG] @Ten_Sports Tv will have little or zero impact on making [HASHTAG]#cricket[/HASHTAG] a [HASHTAG]#global[/HASHTAG] sport.”
Read more at: http://www.televisionpost.com/television/lalit-modi-says-chandras-effort-to-make-cricket-a-global-sport-will-take-time/ | TelevisionPost.com
Modi was involved in the early stages of the project before walking away and has since confirmed its intention is greater than a one-off tournament.
Modi claims that Subhash Chandra is looking to create a new global governing body for the sport, a theory supported by company registrations and even the creation of five new city-based cricket leagues in India as recently as January.
Now on Twitter Modi has accused the ICC of blackmail. “So for @ICC to [HASHTAG]#blackmail[/HASHTAG] @Ten_Sports Tv will have little or zero impact on making [HASHTAG]#cricket[/HASHTAG] a [HASHTAG]#global[/HASHTAG] sport.”
Read more at: http://www.televisionpost.com/television/lalit-modi-says-chandras-effort-to-make-cricket-a-global-sport-will-take-time/ | TelevisionPost.com
