<p>IMG, which conducted the first three seasons of the highly successful Indian Premier League, sent its senior vice-president Andrew Wildblood and two other representatives to meet the top officials of the BCCI, including president Shashank Manohar.<br /><br />Wildblood and his colleagues Paul Manning and John Loffhagen met Manohar, secretary N Srinivasan, vice-president Rajiv Shukla, interim IPL chairman Chirayu Amin and vice-chairman Niranjan Shah, among others, for two hours.<br /><br />“We had a friendly and constructive meeting with the BCCI. We are hoping to have good relations with the BCCI,” Wildblood told waiting reporters before leaving along with his colleagues.<br /><br />The meeting was convened by the BCCI to get detailed information on all matters relating to the IPL, including the awarding of the global broadcast rights to Multi Screen Media-World Sports Group, since its inception, according to sources.<br /><br />Significantly, it was held less than 48 hours after Modi responded to the BCCI’s show cause notice on allegations of financial irregularities related to the Twenty20 league with a voluminous reply running into over 12,000 pages.<br /><br />The IMG officials were to apprise the BCCI top guns everything related to the IPL, including the modalities followed for franchise bids, media rights and player auctions, since 2008.</p>
<p>IMG, which conducted the first three seasons of the highly successful Indian Premier League, sent its senior vice-president Andrew Wildblood and two other representatives to meet the top officials of the BCCI, including president Shashank Manohar.<br /><br />Wildblood and his colleagues Paul Manning and John Loffhagen met Manohar, secretary N Srinivasan, vice-president Rajiv Shukla, interim IPL chairman Chirayu Amin and vice-chairman Niranjan Shah, among others, for two hours.<br /><br />“We had a friendly and constructive meeting with the BCCI. We are hoping to have good relations with the BCCI,” Wildblood told waiting reporters before leaving along with his colleagues.<br /><br />The meeting was convened by the BCCI to get detailed information on all matters relating to the IPL, including the awarding of the global broadcast rights to Multi Screen Media-World Sports Group, since its inception, according to sources.<br /><br />Significantly, it was held less than 48 hours after Modi responded to the BCCI’s show cause notice on allegations of financial irregularities related to the Twenty20 league with a voluminous reply running into over 12,000 pages.<br /><br />The IMG officials were to apprise the BCCI top guns everything related to the IPL, including the modalities followed for franchise bids, media rights and player auctions, since 2008.</p>