IPL 2009 Players' Auction was Fixed

In a sensational development, leading news channel CNN-IBN claimed that the IPL 2009 players' auction was fixed. CNN-IBN said that former England skipper Andrew Flintoff was assured a "good deal" before the auction.

The channel claims to have accessed the e-mails between former IPL commissioner Lalit Modi and Chennai Super Kings (CSK) owner N Srinivasan, which clearly proves that the two are involved to help CSK bag Andrew Flintoff in the 2009 auctions.

It is reported that Modi wrote to Srinivasan two days before the 2009 IPL auction that he had convinced the Rajasthan Royals and their captain Shane Warne not to bid for the England all-rounder. Later on, the CSK bought Flintoff paying $ 1.55 million.