For a long while, it really looked like the Indian Premier League season might come and go without any major setbacks. With no fallings-out between the league and its franchise owners this year, the only black eye had been the league's decision to bar Sri Lankan players from appearing in Chennai, India, as a result of tensions surrounding the treatment of Tamils in Sri Lanka.

That all changed last Thursday, 10 days from the end of the tournament, when the Delhi police dropped some bombshell news.

Source: IPL Just Can't Avoid a Scandal - WSJ.com