At a time when Chris Cairns is suing Lalit Modi for defamation over a 2010 tweet that implicated the Kiwi cricketer in match-fixing in the Indian Cricket League (ICL), former coach of Cairns' ICL team, Balwinder Singh Sandhu, has told NDTV in an exclusive interview that he suspects Cairns may have been involved in fixing.

Chris Cairns, the retired New Zealand international, has been confronted with allegations of corruption made by former team-mates on the second day of his libel action against the former IPL commissioner Lalit Modi.

Chris Cairns, the retired New Zealand international, was questioned about his work for a diamond trading company and the large sums of money he received from them prior to the third edition of the Indian Cricket League (ICL), on the second day of Cairns' libel action against former Indian Premier League (IPL) commissioner Lalit Modi.

Former New Zealand cricketer Chris Cairns, who is suing former IPL Commissioner Lalit Modi over a twitter libel case in the UK, on Monday alleged that two Indian cricketers were involved in match fixing during the now defunct Indian Cricket League (ICL).

Following reports that the league could start again, players and coaches slam it citing outstanding payments and mismanagement.

The ICC's endorsement on the banning of the ICL was not a result of arm-twisting by the BCCI, but of allowing its members autonomy in deciding which domestic tournaments to recognise, according to Norman Arendse, former CSA President.

Organisers of the defunct Indian Cricket League have seized on admissions by the former head of the rival Indian Premier League that there was an official plot to undermine the ICL, saying it helps their ongoing legal fight and raised hopes of reviving the Twenty20 competition.

In the wake BCCI's refusal to allow its player to play in the Sri Lankan Premier League, Lalit Modi, the former IPL chairman, has lashed out at the BCCI for arm-twisting other cricket boards and the ICC to change its constitution to crush the Indian Cricket League (ICL).