ED SLAPS ~121 CR FEMA PENALTY ON BCCI, SRINI, MODI

MUMBAI: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) Thursday slapped a penalty of over ~121 crore on the BCCI, its former boss N Srinivasan, former IPL commissioner Lalit Modi and others for alleged violation of the FEMA law while organising the IPL in South Africa in 2009. A special director of the central probe agency levied a penalty of ~82.66 crore on the BCCI, ~11.53 crore on its former chairman Srinivasan, ~10.65 crore on EX-IPL commissioner Modi, ~9.72 crore on former BCCI treasurer MP Pandove and ~7 crore on the State Bank of Travancore (now merged with the SBI). The ED was investigating the case for the alleged contravention of the Foreign Exchange Act in transferring over ~243 crore out of the country to host the 2009 IPL edition in SA. The BCCI refused to comment on the issue.

Saha says he might not be fit for Afghanistan Test

KOLKATA : India Test wicketkeeper Wriddhiman Saha Thursday made it all but clear that he is out of India’s Afghanistan Test owing to a thumb injury. While BCCI has maintained it is a thumb injury, sources have confirmed it’s a thumb fracture sustained as Saha tried to fend off a rising delivery from Shivam Mavi during an IPL qualifier between SRH and KKR. A final call will be taken by the BCCI medical team in Mumbai after assessing the X-ray report. However there are reports that he might be out for 4-5 weeks. “I feel I might not get fit in time,” Saha said. “A Mumbai doctor will take a call after examining the X-ray.”