| MUMBAI:
The IPL (Indian Premier League) commissioner Lalit Modi has given clarification
on the issue of asking for a window for the IPL and the Champions League in the
futures tour programme (FTP) of the ICC.
Modi said that there is a natural space for these two events in the calendar. "We
have never propagated that we should be part of the Future Tours Programme (FTP)
for the IPL or the Champions League because I think there is a natural window
for these two events," Modi said. Last
week Modi was reported by the IPL website as claiming that the Champions League
had been slotted into the FTP but ICC CEO Haroon Lorgat had contradicted him,
saying that ICC will "explore" a window for the IPL. Lorgat had also
raised concerns over the tournament saying that it's very difficult to create
a window for a domestic event, because FTP is an international basket of fixtures. However,
Modi is confident that various members of the ICC work together to find space
for these events. "Going
forward we will be working along with members and work out a solution in the new
FTP which is in discussion," he was quoted in The Guardian. | 
