Everything Lalit Modi said on IPL, Dawood Ibrahim and Shah Rukh Khan
Lalit Modi, the visionary founder of the Indian Premier League (IPL), has disclosed that his abrupt exit from India in 2010 was triggered by life-threatening warnings from underworld don Dawood Ibrahim. Speaking on Raj Shamani’s Figuring Out podcast, Modi said:
“I did leave the country when there was a death threat to me. There was no legal case to start with. Dawood Ibrahim made the threat to me first after IPL-1 because I was also anti-corruption. I didn’t allow any… I was a very strict anti-corruption commissioner.”
Zero Tolerance for Corruption Made Modi a Target
During the podcast, Lalit Modi detailed how his firm stance on curbing corruption in cricket brought him into conflict with powerful illegal betting networks. “Betting is huge, it’s a $2 billion game,” Modi explained. “Betting is illegal today and was illegal at that time. The books are controlled by Dawood Ibrahim. I didn’t know this initially. I took a very strict stand, and I became the target.”
Modi asserted that under his leadership, the IPL maintained a clean record. “In the three years of my tenure, there was not one incident of corruption, not one controversy of fixing,” he said.
Dramatic Escapes and Assassination Attempts
Modi recounted multiple assassination attempts on his life, including in South Africa, Thailand, and Montenegro. He alleged that Dawood Ibrahim’s close associate, Chhota Shakeel, had publicly confirmed attempts to eliminate him. “Chhota Shakeel has already gone on record and given a live interview that they resolved issues
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