India, June 5 -- Lalit Modi has revisited some of the biggest controversies of his career, alleging that Dawood Ibrahim's syndicate targeted him, defending his decision to remain abroad, accusing Congress leaders of trying to undermine the IPL, and offering his views on Rahul Gandhi and Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

One of Lalit Modi's most dramatic claims concerned Dawood Ibrahim and the betting syndicates he said were operating around cricket.

Modi alleged that his efforts to curb illegal betting and match-fixing networks during the IPL's formative years put him in direct conflict with powerful underworld interests. He claimed Dawood Ibrahim's syndicate targeted him multiple times and said there were three alleged attempts on his life...