The IPL has removed Chris Cairns from its auction list over what it said were allegations of match-fixing when the player was with the ICL. Cairns was among the players available for auction when the list was released last week but his name has now been taken off.
"The [IPL] governing council has decided against keeping him on the list," Lalit Modi, the IPL commissioner, told Cricinfo. "We have removed him from the list for his alleged allegation [sic] as we have zero tolerance for this kind of stuff."
Cairns was one of several former ICL players who registered for the auction; others include Shane Bond, Damien Martyn and Justin Kemp.
Modi said the IPL was a tournament where players could come in only "by invitation". "A player writes to us to be put into the auction. We may choose to allow him in or not. In a case where there is any doubt about conduct or behaviour we prefer to keep that player out of the tournament," he said.
The ICL had never confirmed rumours of match-fixing when the league was in existence but suspended Cairns and former India batsman Dinesh Mongia on "disciplinary grounds" on October 27, 2008 while Cairns' contract was terminated at the start of last year.
An ICL statement at the time said Cairns, part of the Chandigarh Lions team, had not reported an ankle injury before participating in the tournament, and Mongia his team-mate, despite knowing of the injury, did not share the information.
The ICL's move also prompted New Zealand Cricket [NZC] to carry out a review of its anti-corruption measures. Justin Vaughan, NZC's chief executive, had said that "sanctioned and unsanctioned" leagues operated largely outside the ICC's sphere of control, and had raised the issue of Twenty20 cricket being a "particular risk area."
The ICL had been rendered virtually redundant after the BCCI decided last June to offer amnesty to a total of 79 players, 11 former players and 11 officials.
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