'Of course, the IPL made money for my relatives'
In an interview with Mihir Bose of the London Evening Standard , Lalit Modi hits out against his detractors and the sceptics of the IPL, which used to be his feifdom.
Nitin Sundar
25-Feb-2013
In an interview with Mihir Bose of the London Evening Standard, Lalit Modi hits out against his detractors and the sceptics of the IPL, which used to be his feifdom.
"You may call it [my style] buccaneering or 19th century but we thought outside the box. Please do not compare me to the English Premier League or to any other league. We are unique. I can sit here and say there's no other league like that in the world, every member actually makes money. How many teams in the English Premier League make money? Look at the balance sheets, practically all of them are in debt."
Nitin Sundar is a sub-editor at ESPNcricinfo