E IPL boss Lalit Modi says Dawood Ibrahim major reason behind exit from cricket administration: 'He took three hits...'

Key points

• Lalit Modi had served as Indian Premier League chairman from 2008 to 2010 before being removed from the role by the BCCI in 2010. Speaking to news agency ANI, the former IPL boss claims fugitive gangster Dawood Ibrahim is a major reason behind his exit from cricket administration.
• Indian Premier League founder Lalit Modi has claimed to have been targeted by fugitive gangster Dawood Ibrahim, which he insists is the primary reason behind his exit from cricket administration.
• BCCI vice-president Modi had launched the IPL in 2008 and had served as its chairman for the first three seasons before being removed from the role in 2010. He was later banned from all cricketing activities for life by the Indian board in 2013. STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS AD Speaking to Asian News International, Modi insisted that the IPL was free of match-fixing and related corruption, which he claims drew the ire...