NEW DELHI, Sept 18: Vice-President of the Indian cricket board Lalit Modi ruled out any compromise with the Indian Cricket League (ICL) and denied using money power to lure away the likes of Shane Warne and Stephen Fleming from the rebel league.

Modi snubbed the ICL as a set of “glorified exhibition matches” and said there could not be any compromise with its backers.

“Our Indian Premier League (IPL) has the backing of full 10 Test playing nations and there can’t be any comparison with the ICL. I hope launching the IPL, in no way, stops my good friend Subhash Chandra (chief of Essel Group backing ICL) from running the league. But no rapprochement is possible on this issue,” he said.—Agencies