CCI accuses BCCI of violating anti-trust law on IPL rights issue

MUMBAI: Competition watchdog Competition Commission of India (CCI) is said to have found anti-trust law violations in the way India?s cricket board handed out media rights to World Sports Group and Multi Screen Media (Sony) for the Indian Premier League (IPL).

Reports state that CCI DG (investigations) concluded that the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), the
game?s governing body in India, had abused its dominant market position by allowing "single bidding" of media and television rights for IPL matches.

The DG pointed out that the BCCI has used it dominant position in the national cricket arena to influence the bidding procedure in the IPL, one of its own Twenty20 leagues.