Another twist added in the Modi-Sananda-Tharoor-Kochi issue. Former BCCI president and agriculture minister Sharad Pawar said franchise of IPL Kochi’s consortium key members wanted the team to be based in Ahmedabad instead of the commercial hub of Kerala.
Pawar said that four members of the consortium met him after the auction with a request to transfer the Kochi team to Ahmedabad.
He said, “We told them please don’t do this at this stage and let the team stay in Kochi.”
However, Pawar declined to name anyone who came to meet him.
Gujarat Chief Minister and Gujarat Cricket Board President Narendra Modi also told to the media the investors met him regarding an IPL team based in Gujarat before the auction of Kochi team.
According to IPL commissioner Lalit Modi, two members of the consortium, Harshad Mehta of Rosy Blue Diamonds and Mehul Shah of Anchor Earth, met him after the auction and asked him if the Kochi team could be still transferred to Ahmedabad. Rosy Blue Diamonds and Anchor Earth own 38% stake in the newly developed team.
He said, “They first came to me, and I told them I can’t do the transfer and they must approach Mr Pawar and Narendra Modi.”
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