Modi expected to reply second show-cause notice of BCCI today

Lalit ModiAccording to sources, suspended Indian Premier League (IPL) Commissioner Lalit Modi is expected to submit his reply to the second show-cause notice of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) today.

The BCCI's second notice has accused Modi of attempting to float a rebel Twenty20 league in England.

It has been reported that Modi was served a second show-cause notice by the BCCI on May 6 based on an e-mail sent to the Board by England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) Chairman Giles Clarke.

The reply would be filed on Monday, but it would not be as voluminous as the reply to the first show cause notice, Modi's counsel Mehmood Abdi said on Sunday.

Modi's reply to the first show-cause served on him soon after the conclusion of IPL's third edition on April 25 ran up to over 15,000 pages, including a 160-page main reply with supporting documents.

It has also been reported that the notice referred to Modi's March 31 meeting in Delhi with representatives of English counties Yorkshire, Lancashire and Warwickshire in which he allegedly talked about a parallel Twenty20 league in England and Wales in which eight existing franchises would bid for nine counties in the UK. (With Inputs from Agencies)