The Indian Premier League (IPL) burst onto the scene in 2008 and quickly established itself as the most significant cricket league globally. Originally featuring eight teams, three owned by Bollywood icons Shah Rukh Khan (Kolkata Knight Riders), Preity Zinta (Kings XI Punjab), and Shilpa Shetty (Rajasthan Royals), the league currently has 10 teams. However, not many know that Salman Khan, too, had once expressed interest in owning a team in the league.

In an exclusive interview with Midday in 2009, Bollywood star Salman Khan expressed interest in acquiring an IPL team. He said, "Yes, I want to buy an IPL team. I am interested. So is Lalit (Modi). He and I have discussed this. It is a long process, involves bidding and all that." For the unaware, Lalit Modi was the first chairman and League Commissioner of the Indian Premier League, and ran the tournament for three years until 2010.