New Delhi, Feb 23 The mastermind behind the cash-rich Indian Premier League (IPL), Lalit Modi said he is not too much bothered about the anomalies in pricing of some players during the recently-held auction.

Modi said the hype of India's emergence in cricket was responsible for some young players being sold for healthy price tags.

"The hype that India is the world champs in Twenty20 is taking the whole team forward. There are people who are paying huge sum of money and today some may say that someone is over-priced or under-priced.

"As far as I am concerned, if players make more money, I am happy. Take the example of Ishant Sharma, six months back nobody knew him," Modi told NDTV today.

Modi said he was taken by surprise over the huge success of the IPL as a business venture.

"We are probably 30-40 per cent above our business plan. We thought it may fall in that area but never thought it would really happen. I myself is surprised by the fact that actually it has reached today. We would not have been able to write a better script ourself. Now we just have to deliver." Modi set aside the controversy that he helped Bollywood star Shahrukh Khan hours before the start of the players' bidding.

In the dead of night on Tuesday, Modi visited Shah Rukh and courted controversy for helping Red Chillies Entertainment Pvt Ltd -- the IPL franchise owned by the actor.

Modi, however, said that he showed no favouritism and tried to help other franchisees as well. (Agencies)