Indian Premier League (IPL) head Lalit Modi backed up the IPL’s decision not to include Chris Cairns in the auction over alleged match fixing allegations, and said that the former New Zealand all rounder is free to sue him.
Hitting back at the Kiwi all rounder, Modi said: “Cairns is welcome to sue me if he wants.”
Modi disposed off Cairns application to feature in the auction for IPL-3 because of his dismissal from the rival Indian Cricket League in 2008 over alleged match fixing charges.
Cairns said: “The allegation made by Lalit Modi that I have been involved in match fixing is scandalous and wholly untrue. For him to circulate such a falsehood around the world is outrageous. Modi’s allegation has caused me huge personal distress and professional damage.”
“I cannot allow these slurs to ruin my future and I have instructed my solicitors, Collyer Bristow LLP, to bring proceedings for defamation against Modi,” The Sydney Morning Herald quoted him, as saying.
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