IPL ban for Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals - court

[Wall]

India's Supreme Court intends to bar Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals from this year's Indian Premier League, which starts on 16 April.
The two teams are being investigated as part of an illegal betting and match-fixing probe.
Chennai have reached the last four finals, winning in 2010 and 2011.
Justice AK Patnaik, head of a two-judge panel, said: "Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals will not be allowed to participate in the IPL."
Chennai Super Kings are led by India skipper MS Dhoni and have New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum in their side.
The Royals are captained by Australia all-rounder Shane Watson. The trio of players have not been implicated in the investigation.
The judges have been examining a report it commissioned into wrongdoing in last year's edition of the annual Twenty20 tournament.
The Supreme Court has also recommended that India batting legend Sunil Gavaskar takes over as interim president of the country's cricket board in place of Narayanaswami Srinivasan.
They want Srinivasan to resign so a fair inquiry into spot-fixing in the IPL can be carried out.
A two-judge panel had previously said Srinivasan's position was hampering the investigation, which involves his son-in-law.
Srinivasan is regarded as the world's most powerful cricket administrator. He was elected chairman of cricket's world governing body, the International Cricket Council, in February and will take up the role in July.
Srinivasan's son-in-law, Gurunath Meiyappan, was indicted last month on charges of betting and passing on information to illegal bookmakers.
Test bowler Shanthakumaran Sreesanth and his former Rajasthan Royals team-mate Ankeet Chavan have been banned for life by the BCCI after being arrested in May 2013 by Indian police on suspicion of taking money to concede a minimum number of runs.

http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/cricket/26762900

 

[OrbitalDawn]

Ouch.

 

[DJ...]

They'll simply rebrand. Well it will be an effective rebranding I reckon. New team, same backers, and they'll buy the same players (or similar) again...

 

[akescpt]

They'll simply rebrand. Well it will be an effective rebranding I reckon. New team, same backers, and they'll buy the same players (or similar) again...

the show must go on I suppose...

 

[Badprop_za]

Yawn!!!!

Watching IPL is just like watching WWE!

 

[Polymathic]

this sucks

 

[mercurial]

this sucks for the bookies

FTFY

 

[schumi]

Old article but posted for the sake of clarity

India's supreme court has stepped back from the brink in withdrawing its threat to suspend two Indian Premier League franchises, the Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals.

Instead the court has appointed Sunil Gavaskar, the former Test opener who has been closely associated with the IPL since its inception as a commentator, to take charge of the forthcoming season as "interim working president" of the Board of Control (BCCI).

http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2014/mar/28/ipl-chennai-super-kings-rajasthan-royals

 

[NeonNinja]

Good. It ain't IPL without CSK and RR.