MUMBAI, Apr 14 (PTI): IPL Commissioner Lalit Modi today maintained that a question mark hangs over the owners of IPL Kochi franchisee that has drawn Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor into a major controversy.
"As regards all earlier franchisees we know who the owners are. They come, they attend conferences and meetings but as far as Kochi IPL is concerned we had a question mark.
"Even those who presented the bid documents do not know who they (owners) are," he told a press conference.
Replying to a question he said in the case of eight teams already in the IPL, Modi said everybody knew who the shareholders were but in the case of Kochi even the shareholders did not know.
Calling it a "small issue, nevertheless an issue" Modi said,"We will deal with it.
