The controversies of the Indian Premier League, launched in 2008, have been as big as its success:

No, say the English

April 2008: The inaugural IPL season coincided with the County season in England as well as New Zealand's tour of England, which the English Cricket Board objected to.

The ECB made it abundantly clear that it would not sign ‘No Objection’ certificates for players — a prerequisite for foreign players playing in the IPL. As a result, Dimitri Mascarenhas was the only English player who made it to IPL’s inaugural season.

Modis Operandum

April 2010: The BCCI suspended IPL boss Lalit Modi for ‘alleged acts of individual misdemeanours’. The suspension notice was served a day after negotiations failed with interlocutors attempting to persuade Modi to resign. Modi was officially barred from participating in the affairs of the Board and its committees as well as the IPL, till then widely regarded as ‘his baby’. Chirayu Amin was named interim chairman of the IPL.

Royals, Kings and the Board

October 10: The IPL governing council terminated Rajasthan Royals and Kings XI Punjab from the league on charges of transgressions in shareholding and ownership norms. However, both franchisees went to court, which ruled in their favour, forcing BCCI to reinstate them.

Show BCCI the money, Kochi

September 2011: BCCI terminated Kochi Tuskers Kerala from the IPL for breaching its terms of agreement. The BCCI alleged that KTK did not submit annual bank guarantees to cover fees payable to the Board. The Kochi franchisee is now planning to go to court.

The Bank bounces

February 2012: In a major jolt to BCCI, Sahara India Parivar severed its ties with the Board, withdrawing its sponsorship of the Indian cricket team and ownership of the Pune Warriors IPL franchise. Sahara referred to several points of dispute with the BCCI, dating back to its first sponsorship deal in 2001, but largely relating to the IPL.