Tharoor exudes hope IPL Kochi will be a reality
Former Union Minister Shashi
Tharoor is hoping that the Kochi
IPL team will be able to compete
in the fourth edition, following
the BCCI's decision to postpone
a final decision on its fate to
December 5.
"I think the team will become a
reality as BCCI's decision holds
some hope to save it," the
Congress MP from
Thiruvananthapuram told
reporters here on Sunday.
Tharoor, who had to resign as
Minister of State for External
Affairs a year back amid
controversies over his role as
'mentor' of the Kochi team, said
if the team would do good for
cricket in Kerala in particular and
sporting activities in general.
He was here to attend a private
function.
At a meeting of IPL's Governing
Council today in Nagpur, BCCI
put off the decision on the
franchise for a third time after
expiry of a month-long deadline
given to it for sorting out its
internal bickering over
shareholding.
BCCI President Shashank
Manohar said the board would
take a decision on December 5.
Kochi was on the verge of being
thrown out of IPL due to
shareholding dispute between
the consortium's investors. But
the franchise owners reached a
compromise on Saturday.
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