Out of the Premier League

In the latest edition of Outlook, Smita Gupta takes a look at IPL chairman and commissioner Lalit Modi's rocky path. When Vasundhara was CM of Rajasthan, Modi was king. Power equation changed, his throne is now rocking, says Gupta.

Even as Modi finds the going tough with his friend and patron Vasundhara in the opposition, tales of his imperious style and skills in bending the law have become the stuff of contemporary folklore here. It wasn’t just the RCA which reeled under his onslaught—what with his election as president mired in court cases, allegations of financial malfeasance and forgery—but also bureaucrats, police, landowners and anyone else who dared cross his path.

Allegations against him may be flying thick and fast, but they don't worry the IPL's administrative face. In the same magazine, Rohit Mahajan interviews Modi, who says there will always be detractors if you create something.

Mahajan also traces how Modi climbed up the Rajasthan Cricket Association ranks.