Modi alleges Raina, Bravo, Jadeja involved in betting

Delhi--

After politicians and bureaucrats, it is now the turn of cricketers to be burnt by former IPL commissioner Lalit Modi's fire.

Modi on Saturday alleged that Chennai Super Kings' players Ravindra Jadeja, Dwayne Bravo and Suresh Raina are involved in betting in the Indian Premier League (IPL).

In a fresh salvo, Modi tweeted his 2013 letter to ICC CEO Dave Richardson where he cast aspersion on the integrity of these players and also talked about their proximity to a bookie, Baba Diwan, who allegedly not only paid money to these players but also gifted them flats.

On May 13 this year Modi had woken up the 'fixing' monster by saying that at least four CSK players are part of the cash-rich league that is struggling to rid itself of corruption.

Days before the league's eighth season ended on May 24, Modi's tweets had flared-up the controversial issue, wherein he said that if the Supreme Court were to reveal the names of players involved, four will emerge from the CSK - a franchise trying to distance itself from the conflict of issue interest related to its former owner N Srinivasan.

With reference to the Justice Mudgal Commitee report submitted to the Supreme Court, the suspended IPL chairman Modi tweeted a couple of days back: "So here is my BREAKING STORY - IF THE #HONORABLE #SUPREME #COURT WAS TO REVEAL THE NAMES OF PLAYERS INVOLVED IN FIXING - at least 4 are CSK"

Modi also stated that the likes of BCCI, Anurag Thakur and India Cements are trying to deceive the public in matters related to betting. "Again these jokers in @BCCI @ICC @IPL #indiacements @ianuragthakur trying 2 hoodwink us all in regard to #illegal betting quantum," the suspended commissioner tweeted.

Modi had also claimed that "9,000-10,000 crore per game" was the money being bet on the cash-rich Twenty20 league.

"I have been saying for years - wake up media fellows it's more like 9000- 10,000 crores per game. Why do u think #monster is trying to stay #put on his #chair That's where he gets his #raw #material to fund his #buying of #votes, #politicians, #players," he further tweeted.

The BCCI had refuted a media report that claimed that the Justice Lodha Committee found the board president 'incoherent and incomprehensible' forcing the Supreme Court-constituted panel to ask who is running the affairs of the governing body.

The panel was appointed by the Supreme Court to decide on the quantum of punishment for former BCCI president N. Srinivasan's son-in-law Gurunath Meiyappan and Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise Rajasthan Royals co-owner Raj Kundra after they were found guilty of betting in the 2013 edition of the tournament.