Three slips, one gully

Rohit Mahajan, in Outlook, writes that Lalit Modi, the "fiendishly efficient" IPL boss, has his influence pared down.

Modi, says Mahajan, does not gel with new BCCI president Shashank Manohar and, against expectations, was not made chairman of the marketing committee. Modi will also now have to share power with former BCCI secretary Niranjan Shah in the IPL's governing council.

Then Mahajan asks aloud: has Modi soared so high so quickly, Icarus-like, that his wings have been singed?