Deccan Chargers issue legal notice – against shifting the home matches

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The defending champions of the cash rich Indian Premiere League, Deccan Chargers,  have issued a legal notice to the Indian Premier League for shifting their matches out of Hyderabad.

The team sent a legal notice to the BCCI president Shashank Manohar, asking authorities to reconsider their decision of relocating the team’s home matches to Hyderabad and Vishakapatnam.
The notice claimed that the decision to shift the matches have been taken “arbitrarily, unilaterally, without our client’s consent and in complete breach of the Franchise Agreement dated April 10, 2008 pursuant to which the rights and obligations of both the parties i.e. BCCI-IPL and the Franchisee, i.e. our client are governed”.
The notice further charged IPL that the decision was against the objective of having teams from various states in the country and against public interest and consequently was not acceptable to Deccan Chargers.
“Your action is also contrary to the spirit of the game, the objective of the League Matches and the concept of having franchisees from different regions and also against public interest,” the notice said.
“Please therefore, note that this arbitrary and unilateral decision revising the schedule i.e shifting of the venues of the matches from Hyderabad/Vizag is not acceptable to our client,” it said.
Pointing out concerned portions of the Agreement between the Chargers and  the IPL, the legal notice stated that “stadium” shall mean the venue at which the team shall play its home matches and which, on signature of the Agreement is Rajeev Gandhi International Stadium, in Hyderabad.
Pointing out that in the inaugural season (2008) all the home matches of Deccan Chargers were held in Hyderabad which could not be repeated in season 2 as the League was shifted to South Africa because of General Elections, it noted that the franchisee had agreed to shift the opening match (against Kolkata Knight Riders) in the upcoming edition as a special case “pursuant to your request”.
“This consent was given on the basis that the remaining four matches were to be played at Hyderabad and two matches to be played at Vizag. Our client is therefore surprised to receive the aforesaid e-mail dated February 13, 2010 notifying the revised schedule whereby no matches are to be played at Hyderabad/Vizag and all the matches are to be played in the State of Maharashtra.”
Stating that as far as matches in Hyderabad and Vizag are concerned, all the concerned authorities have given the required permissions, incuding the Telangana Joint Action Committee.
It also mentions concerns about the security of its players from Shiv Sena which threatned to disrupt matches involving Australian players.
“Our client states that it has made all the arrangements at exorbitant cost for playing the matches at Hyderabad as per the original schedule, and if the venue is now shifted, it will cause heavy financial losses to our client,” the Chargers said.
It also said that the team would think of not aprticipating in IPL-III if their clarifications are not met.

The reigning champions of the cash rich Indian Premiere League, Deccan Chargers,  have issued a legal notice to the Indian Premier League for shifting their matches out of Hyderabad.
The team sent a legal notice to the BCCI president Shashank Manohar, asking authorities to reconsider their decision of relocating the home matches of the defending champions to Hyderabad and Vishakapatnam.

The notice claimed that the decision to shift the matches have been taken “arbitrarily, unilaterally, without our client’s consent and in complete breach of the Franchise Agreement dated April 10, 2008 pursuant to which the rights and obligations of both the parties i.e. BCCI-IPL and the Franchisee, i.e. our client are governed”.

The notice further charged IPL that the decision was against the objective of having teams from various states in the country and against public interest and consequently was not acceptable to Deccan Chargers.

“Your action is also contrary to the spirit of the game, the objective of the League Matches and the concept of having franchisees from different regions and also against public interest,” the notice said.

“Please therefore, note that this arbitrary and unilateral decision revising the schedule i.e shifting of the venues of the matches from Hyderabad/Vizag is not acceptable to our client,” it said.

Pointing out concerned portions of the Agreement between the Chargers and  the IPL, the legal notice stated that “stadium” shall mean the venue at which the team shall play its home matches and which, on signature of the Agreement is Rajeev Gandhi International Stadium, in Hyderabad.

Pointing out that in the inaugural season (2008) all the home matches of Deccan Chargers were held in Hyderabad which could not be repeated in season 2 as the League was shifted to South Africa because of General Elections, it noted that the franchisee had agreed to shift the opening match (against Kolkata Knight Riders) in the upcoming edition as a special case “pursuant to your request”.

“This consent was given on the basis that the remaining four matches were to be played at Hyderabad and two matches to be played at Vizag. Our client is therefore surprised to receive the aforesaid e-mail dated February 13, 2010 notifying the revised schedule whereby no matches are to be played at Hyderabad/Vizag and all the matches are to be played in the State of Maharashtra.”

Stating that as far as matches in Hyderabad and Vizag are concerned, all the concerned authorities have given the required permissions, incuding the Telangana Joint Action Committee.

It also mentions concerns about the security of its players from Shiv Sena which threatned to disrupt matches involving Australian players.
“Our client states that it has made all the arrangements at exorbitant cost for playing the matches at Hyderabad as per the original schedule, and if the venue is now shifted, it will cause heavy financial losses to our client,” the Chargers said.

It also said that the team would think of not aprticipating in IPL-III if their clarifications are not met.

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