Suspended Indian Premier League Commissioner Lalit Modi today came out in defence of Sharad Pawar, saying the Agriculture Minister and his family had nothing to do with a failed bid for IPL's Pune franchise.

Managing Director of the Pune-based City Corporation -- in which Pawar and his family have 16 per cent shares -- Aniruddha Deshpande made an unsuccessful bid for the Pune franchise and Modi joined the minister in claiming that Deshpande made the bid in his individual capacity.