The success of the IPL was not because of Lalit Modi alone, according to a top BCCI official, who reckons the Twenty20 league will continue to flourish without the suspended Commissioner as cricket sells itself in India.

The BCCI’s Chief Administrative Officer Ratnakar Shetty said that the Board has enough competent people to take the event forward.

“The IPL will continue to flourish. The success is not only because of Modi. BCCI will put up a good team to make IPL even more successful,” Shetty told PTI in an e-mail interview today.

The high-flying Modi was suspended as the chairman and commissioner of the league after the final on Sunday because of alleged financial irregularities and rigging of bids.

The Disciplinary Committee comprises of president Manohar and two vice-presidents — Amin and Arun Jaitley. The Disciplinary Committee will then submit its report in the General Body Meeting.

On Modi`s threat to expose some of the BCCI officials in the wake of the IPL furore, Shetty shot back, “He is free to do that.”

On whether he considers IPL scandal the biggest crisis in Indian cricket, he said, “It`s certainly not bigger than the match-fixing scandal.”