Indian Premier League’s new franchisee Kochi Team’s confidential matter has been leaked by IPL Commissioner Lalit Modi. As per Lalit Modi’s tweets, Rendezvous Sports World (RSW) which is official franchisee owner of Kochi Team has 18% stake holder in the name of Sunanda Pushkar, a Kashmiri beautician who lives in Dubai running a spa. Already news has also come out regarding Minister of State for External Affairs; Mr. Shashi Tharoor will be soon getting married on June 26 for third time to get Sunanda as his third wife.
Lalit Modi named the members of the group that put in the successful Rs.1,532 crore bid on March 21, revealing that the free equity holders in the Rendezvous Sports World consortium partners include Kisan Shailender and Pushpa Gaikwad, Ms. Sunanda Pushkar, Puja Gulati, Jayant Kotalwar, Vishnu Prasad and Sundip Agarwal. The Rendezvous Sports World Group was given 25 per cent of the franchise at no cost with the Dubai based Ms. Sunanda Pushkar owning 18 per cent and the rest divided among the others named.
Kochi Franchise owners are now accusing Lalit Modi for breaking the confidentiality clause and have threatened to sue him.