Former New Zealand all-rounder Chris Cairns has opened up concerning the false match-fixing allegations levied towards him by former Indian Premier League (IPL) chairman Lalit Modi. The all-rounder has additionally emphasised the truth that it might have taken a while to show his innocence, nevertheless, he doesn’t remorse taking the matter to the court docket.
To notice, the previous IPL chairman Lalit Modi had referred to Cairns‘ alleged involvement in match-fixing as the rationale for not letting him take part within the IPL 2010 public sale. Modi had give you a tweet stating the rationale for Cairns’ elimination from IPL public sale as his involvement in match-fixing. Because of this, Cairns took the matter to court docket and said that the allegations threatened to cut back his cricketing achievements.
In 2012, the Kiwi all-rounder received the case towards Modi and was additionally awarded $142,000. The court docket had additionally ordered Modi to pay a financial penalty of $2.4 million. In 2016, the previous IPL chairman determined to drop the go well with towards Cairns as he was cleared of any wrongdoing.
Lalit did his factor by firing that tweet: Cairns
Talking on a podcast hosted by NZME, Chris Cairns mentioned, “No, it’s important to arise for what you imagine. Lalit did his factor by firing that (tweet) off. He was probably the most influential identify within the sport of cricket and the unintended consequence of that set issues in movement. In case you had requested me that query in July of final yr, I do know there could be a unique response.”
The previous Kiwi all-rounder performed cricket for New Zealand from 1989 to 2007 and was thought-about to be top-of-the-line all-rounders going round at the moment. Speaking about Chris Cairns’ numbers in worldwide cricket, the 51-year-old performed 62 Exams and 215 ODIs for his nation, amassing 3320 Take a look at runs and selecting 218 Take a look at wickets, whereas in ODIs, he scored 4950 runs and picked 201 wickets for his nation.
He additionally represented New Zealand in two T20Is. Nonetheless, he couldn’t do a lot in these matches as he scored simply three runs with the bat and scalped one wicket. To notice, Cairns by no means performed the IPL in his cricketing profession.
