Ex-IPL Chairman Lalit Modi accused CSK owner N Srinivasan of auction rigging in IPL. Lalit said they gave ex-England all-rounder Andrew Flintoff to CSK in 2009 after asking other franchises to not bid for him as Srinivasan was being a "thorn" and wouldn't have let IPL happen if Flintoff wasn't sold to CSK. Lalit added that Srinivasan didn't like IPL.