Ex-IPL Chairman Lalit Modi, in 'Figuring Out With Raj Shamani' podcast, revealed Shah Rukh Khan's first choice for IPL team was Mumbai and Kolkata was his fourth choice. He added Bengaluru and Delhi were his second and third choices, respectively. He stated, "Mukesh Ambani took Mumbai. Kolkata was Shah Rukh's eventual pick...Shah Rukh’s real contribution was in making cricket entertaining."