Modi who took cricket from million to billion: kept Vijay Mallya's daughter as personal assistant, used private jet as a taxi

By the beginning of the 21st century, cricket had become a multi-million dollar sport. The next challenge was to get into the billion dollar club, but the journey from 1 million to 1 billion is a thousandfold. It felt like it would take a long time for cricket to reach there.

Then there was the entry of a character who was ready to go to any extent to be successful. He transformed cricket into a multi-billion dollar industry within a year. It's about 2008. The IPL had started and Lalit Modi had dominated.

What happened after that is in front of us. There were reports of rigging in IPL. There were allegations of fixing. Arabs were swindled. Lalit Modi became the first accused. Then the fugitive is now the husband of Sushmita Sen.

Obviously Modi broke all limits to achieve success, but it is not that he started breaking limits after coming to BCCI or setting up IPL. This is what 56-year-old Modi has been doing his whole life. You also read five selected exploits/actions of Modi...

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Apart from Mercedes, Lalit Modi, fond of expensive cars, had cars of many expensive brands like Ferrari, Aston Martin.

Apart from Mercedes, Lalit Modi, fond of expensive cars, had cars of many expensive brands like Ferrari, Aston Martin.

Father gave 5 thousand dollars to buy a cheap car, paid the first installment of Mercedes from it

Lalit Modi is the son of industrialist Krishna Kumar Modi. Lalit's grandfather Gujarmal Modi had formed the Modi Group and established the city of Modinagar. There was no shortage of money, but Krishna Kumar wanted the son to respect money. He had put Lalit Modi in a boarding school in Shimla. Lalit insisted on studying in America. Father hardly obeyed. After reaching America, Lalit's demand increased further. He asked his father to get the car. Father gave five thousand dollars and advised to get some cheap car.

Lalit Modi did not buy a cheap car. He took Mercedes on car installation and paid 5 thousand dollars as first installment. He became the first member of the family to take a car on installments. He was later caught in the US with 400 grams of cocaine. He was also charged with drug paddling, kidnapping and assault. The buzz in the media at that time was that Lalit had managed to escape due to family influence.