New Delhi: The Committee of Administrators (COA) yesterday decided in unison that any state unit trying to sabotage Indian Premier League (IPL) matches will face harsh punishment and the matter will be taken up at appropriate legal forum.
The COA, which met here yesterday, feels that the state units are trying to feed misinformation as they have never ever been required to spend any money from their coffers for arranging IPL matches.
In fact, a top Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) source abreast with COA meeting said that it was found out that the state units are blatantly lying as it is the BCCI and franchises which share the cost of hosting an IPL match on a 50-50 basis and not the state units. Some of the state units are trying to portray a different picture.
“For the last nine editions, a unit that hosts seven matches (that’s the maximum at league stage) requires R60 lakh. Out of that R30 lakh is paid by the local IPL franchise upfront. The BCCI pays the outstanding R30 lakh after the matches are successfully completed. So where does the state units come into the picture,” a top source told PTI on condition of anonymity.
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