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Lalit Modi drew 59,197 views on 2026-06-04, 45x more than the usual 1,322 a day over the previous 60 days.

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Lalit Modi

Indian businessman (born 1963)

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59,197 views
usually 1,322 a day
Daily Wikipedia pageviews for Lalit Modi025K50K75K100K59,19721 Apr13 May4 Jun
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What this article is

Lalit Kumar Modi is an Indian businessman and former cricket administrator. He was the founder, first chairman and league commissioner of the Indian Premier League (IPL), and ran the tournament for three years until 2010. He also served as the Chairman of the Champions League from 2008 till 2010 and was Vice President of the BCCI from 2005 till 2010. He has also served as the President of the Rajasthan Cricket Association from 2005 till 2009 and then again from 2014 till 2015, and as the vice president of the Punjab Cricket Association from 2004 till 2012.

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How this was measured

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