Former IPL commissioner Lalit Modi has made shocking allegations about the reasons behind his exit from cricket administration. In an interview with ANI, Modi claimed that threats from underworld don Dawood Ibrahim and his alleged betting syndicate played a major role in his decision to step away from the sport.
According to Modi, his crackdown on match-fixing during the early years of the IPL brought him into direct conflict with a massive underground betting network allegedly linked to the D-Company. He further claimed that Dawood Ibrahim made three attempts on his life and revealed that his son was once kidnapped in London.
Modi also spoke about the enormous scale of illegal cricket betting, alleging that underground betting has grown from around $2 billion during the early IPL era to nearly $4 billion per game today. He claimed that modern-day spot-fixing is far more sophisticated than before, with bookies allegedly using subtle on-field signals to communicate.
“Someone takes out a handkerchief, someone rubs something a certain way, and it becomes a signal,” Modi said, adding that fixing today is often focused on specific balls or overs rather than entire matches.
It is important to note that these claims are allegations made by Lalit Modi and have not been independently verified.
