<p>The BCCI last week snapped ties with IMG, claiming the sports management firm was overcharging the Board for providing its services to conduct Indian Premier League.<br />IMG received close to Rs 43 crore for the inaugural edition of the IPL, held in 2008 and is set to receive Rs 33 crore for this year’s IPL-II staged in South Africa.<br /><br />“BCCI Chief Shashank Manohar has been authorised to deal with the IMG issue and report to the Board at its AGM on September 24,” BCCI vice-president Rajiv Shukla told reporters after a meeting of the IPL governing council here.<br /><br />Former BCCI President Sharad Pawar wrote a letter to Manohar ahead of the meeting to make it clear that the contract with IMG was approved at all “appropriate levels” during his tenure as the Board president. <br /><br />Pawar also questioned the BCCI on its decision to “unilaterally” terminating IMG’s services for future IPLs while also warning that the board would invite a long-drawn legal war as well as harm their public image by such actions.</p>
<p>The BCCI last week snapped ties with IMG, claiming the sports management firm was overcharging the Board for providing its services to conduct Indian Premier League.<br />IMG received close to Rs 43 crore for the inaugural edition of the IPL, held in 2008 and is set to receive Rs 33 crore for this year’s IPL-II staged in South Africa.<br /><br />“BCCI Chief Shashank Manohar has been authorised to deal with the IMG issue and report to the Board at its AGM on September 24,” BCCI vice-president Rajiv Shukla told reporters after a meeting of the IPL governing council here.<br /><br />Former BCCI President Sharad Pawar wrote a letter to Manohar ahead of the meeting to make it clear that the contract with IMG was approved at all “appropriate levels” during his tenure as the Board president. <br /><br />Pawar also questioned the BCCI on its decision to “unilaterally” terminating IMG’s services for future IPLs while also warning that the board would invite a long-drawn legal war as well as harm their public image by such actions.</p>