Modi downplays Sena's ban to Aus team in M'rashtra

IPL Chairman Lalit Modi underplayed the threat by Shiv Sena chief to Australian players during the March-April tournament. Shiv Sena chief Balasaheb Thackeray in his editorial in the Sena's mouthpiece 'Saamna' on January 13, called for a ban on Australian cricket team playing in Maharashtra in the wake of a series of attacks against Indians in Australia.