India cricket board ordered to pay former IPL champions $640m

A court has ordered India’s cricket board to pay more than $640 million to former Indian Premier League champions Deccan Chargers for illegal termination of the franchise. And the Bombay High Court ruled Friday that the termination was illegal and premature, a legal representative of Deccan Chronicle told AFP. “They have been directed to pay 48 billion rupees ($640 million) plus taxes which might amount to about 80 billion,” the legal…