Lalit Modi: bringing razzle-dazzle to cricket

Lalit Modi is already considered by many to be the most powerful man in cricket. Now the Indian Premier League founder is bent on global domination.

Maybe it is the police bodyguard. Maybe it is the two BlackBerrys that he checks constantly and the four sugars he demands in his tea with the urgency of an addict. But there is something about Lalit Modi, observes The Times, "that suggests a reservoir of pressurised energy". Already considered by many to be the most powerful man in cricket, the Indian Premier League (IPL) founder is bent on global domination.

He is "a modern Charlemagne, with a little touch of Frederick the Great", says one pundit. But others accuse him of selling cricket's soul to make a quick buck. Modi's innovation is Twenty20 cricket: a high-octane, high-intensity version of the game, which he's convinced will win converts in their billions.

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