New Delhi: Training his guns at BCCI secretary and president-elect N Srinivasan, former IPL chairman Lalit Modi, Friday, blamed dirty Board politics for Eden Gardens’ loss of the India-England World Cup match on February 27.

“This tweet is my protest at shifting of Ind-Eng match from the Eden Gardens,” Modi said.

“Sorry to see politics again — take away matches from Kolkata. I had restored them when I chaired the tours and fixtures committee. Thou secretary opposed it. Once again dirty tricks department wants to alienate the Fans,” Modi tweeted.

Eden Gardens was stripped of the match by the International Cricket Council (ICC) following an adverse report from its venue inspection team that last visited Kolkata on January 25.

The BCCI has appealed to the ICC to reconsider the decision and give time till February 7 to complete work at the Eden Gardens. ICC chief Sharad Pawar has asked CEO Haroon Lorgat to talk to member countries, especially, England, whether they agree to BCCI’s request and submit a report on January 30.

Besides the India-England encounter, Eden Gardens had been allotted three more games -- South Africa vs Ireland (March 15), the Netherlands vs Ireland (March 18), and Zimbabwe vs Kenya (March 20).