Tuesday, March 7 2006 17:13 Hrs (IST) - World Time -

Kolkata: Former BCCI president Jagmohan Dalmiya today (Mar 07 2006) raised questions on the award of global media rights by the Board and alleged that it has lost Rs 81.40 crore on the deal.

Quoting tender documents and other communications from the Board to the bidders, Dalmiya said that though BCCI has awarded global media rights to Nimbus Communications for a total USD 612.18 million, if the highest bid was considered the Board should have received USD 630.27 million.

"This means the board did not receive USD 18.09 million and this converted to Indian currency works out to Rs 81.40 crore," Dalmiya said.

"This obviously leads to some serious questions. Was any undue advantage given to Nimbus? Whether any vested interest was at work? Whether concession was given to somebody by somebody?" Dalmiya asked.