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‘IPL revenues to improve infrastructure’

Mumbai: Indian Premier League Chairman Lalit Modi says the revenues from the Twenty20 League will be used by the BCCI to improve the game’s infrastructure on a priority basis ahead of the 2011 World Cup to be held in the sub-continent.

“The revenues of the DLF Indian Premier League would go a long way in vastly improving the on-ground cricketing infrastructure and stadia within the country in preparation of the 2011 World Cup,” he said. “The BCCI has always maintained that refurbishment of all of our cricketing infrastructure and stadia prior to the 2011 World Cup is top priority and would be given the highest level of importance so that we can stage a truly unique World Cup, one that the cricketing world has never seen,” he explained.

Maintaining that the BCCI is a non-profit organisation and all money that is raised are “re-deployed into improving the level of cricket in India,” Mr. Modi pointed out that at present the country had more cricketers from rural and tier II cities than ever before. “It is due to the efforts of the BCCI’s talent grooming programme. Our cricketers today are privvy to the best coaches, facilities to help them hone their skills and the results are there for all to see,” he said. — PTI

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