Modi to step down as IPL chief? Reports say yes

Zeecric Bureau Mumbai: In what could be a path-breaking move in the entire IPL controversy that has been raging over the past few days now, Lalit Modi might voluntarily quit the post of IPL chairman and commissioner at the governing council meeting on April 26. According to reports, Modi might quit his post of IPL chairman, a decision which is believed to have been taken after a telephonic conversation with BCCI president Shashank Manohar. Sources claim that it was former BCCI chief Sharad Pawar who initiated the telephone chat between Manohar and Modi. It is understood that Modi will now attend the IPL governing council meet on April 26 in Mumbai; a meeting which will predominantly decide Modi’s fate. Reports earlier in the day claimed that Pawar had asked Modi to submit his resignation without messing up the issue further.Meanwhile, reports of Ravi Shastri being elected as the next IPL chief after Modi’s farewell are also doing the rounds.