New Delhi, May 20 (IANS): Lalit Modi, the sacked Indian Premier League commissioner, has accused the Indian cricket board secretary Narayanswamy Srinivasan of going out of his way to favour his franchise Chennai Super Kings (CSK).
Modi said the Chennai Super Kings are such a good team that they can win the IPL without Srinivasan propping them up.
"It's a pity Srinivasan is resorting to all that. CSK is a mighty fine team and can win without any such help," Modi wrote on the social networking site Twitter.
Modi, who in his reply to the IPL charge sheet last year had accused Srinivasan of picking and choosing umpires for Chennai team's matches, said the president-elect of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is brazenly supporting the side.
"Not indirectly, but very directly. Fixing the auction, umpires and now pitch. Just give the damn trophy to CSK," Modi tweeted.
Modi also touched upon the IPL's falling TRP ratings, reaching an all-time low in the fourth edition.
"Just learnt that the ratings for IPL have reached an average of 3.84. Which is the lowest it has ever achieved. Sorry to hear the same."
Australian legend and Rajasthan Royals captain Shane Warne, who was fined $50,000 by the IPL, said the Twenty20 league is not the same without Modi.