This may come as a big shocker for Cricket fans, BCCI and anybody involved with the sport. The Indian Premier League (IPL) which has already faced a series of controversies seems to be in for another one. The players’ auctions before the mega IPL started is learnt to have been fixed.

E-mails of Chennai Super Kings' owner and BCCI Secretary N Srinivasan accessed by one of the leading media shows that he could have been involved in ensuring specific players for the Chennai franchise in unison with suspended IPL chairman Lalit Modi.

The news has also raised some serious questions over the authenticity of the auction that took place in 2009 as it is learnt that Srinivasan tried to fix the bid of England all-rounder Andrew Flintoff in his favour.

Were the two big-wigs of Indian cricket involved in fixing certain aspects of the IPL before their fall-out? Doubts arise.

Lalit Modi wrote just two days before the 2009 IPL auction to Srinivasan, assuring him that he had convinced the Rajasthan Royals and their captain Shane Warne not to bid for Flintoff.

Modi wrote - "What a nightmare to convince them not to terminate Tanveer and also not to take Flintoff. Warne went of the handle. But have managed it by using stick and carrot strategy. Thus they have 1.875 million dollars only. Much love Lalit."

Documents suggest that Srinivasan then tried to prevent Mumbai Indians from actually playing Pollard.