Mumbai: One of the most popular teams in IPL Kolkata Knight Riders. The three-time champions, however, have not performed well in the last two seasons. However, the popularity of the franchise never wavered. One of the reasons for that is Shah Rukh Khan, the owner of the team. Now IPL founder Lalit Modi told an unknown story about King Khan. Lalit Modi recently participated in a podcast. There he said that Indian C who has no interest in cricketto take How King Khan bought an IPL team.

Lalit Modi said, ‘As BCCI president, I took Shah Rukh Khan to watch a game in Rajasthan. It was the first international match in Indian history at Rajasthan soil. which was played at SMS Stadium. This stadium was renovated by me. And this IPLA long time ago. A year before that. I saw, when he came into the match, the crowd went absolutely crazy. He became the main attraction of that match.’

After seeing people’s craze for Shah Rukh, Lalit Modi felt that Shah Rukh could become one of the faces to attract viewers to broadcast cricket in India. Lalit said, ‘Shah Rukh did not like cricket, did not understand cricket and did not know about cricket. He is a football fan. When I told him to buy a team and win, he was a bit apprehensive at first. He said he doesn’t understand anything about cricket. I said, leave it to me.’

A few years ago there was a lot of buzz around his posting of pictures with Sushmita Sen. Did you have a love affair with Miss Universe? After almost four years, Lalit opened up about his relationship with Sushmita. Four years ago, the picture of him spending a holiday with Sushmita in Sardinia created a response in the whole country. Lalit referred to Sushmita as his ‘better half’ at that time. But as quickly as the news spread, just as quickly came the news of the relationship breaking down. But after all this time Lalit says that Sushmita was not dependent on him in any way.