<p>Cairns' name featured in the original list for the January 19 auction but Indian Premier League commissioner Lalit Modi said the Kiwi's name was removed because of the match-fixing taint.<br />"The (IPL) governing council has decided against keeping him on the list," Modi told Cricinfo.<br /><br />"We have removed him from the list...as we have zero tolerance for this kind of stuff," he said.<br />Even though Cairns would no longer be part of the auction, fellow former ICL rebel Shane Bond, Damien Martyn and Justin Kemp would remain in hunt for an IPL career.<br />Modi made it clear that it was for the IPL governing council to decide which players would be allowed to take part in the auction.<br />"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," Modi said.<br /><br />The match-fixing allegation against Cairns surfaced when the Kiwi, along with former India batsman Dinesh Mongia, were suspended by ICL authorities on "disciplinary grounds" in 2008.</p>
<p>Cairns' name featured in the original list for the January 19 auction but Indian Premier League commissioner Lalit Modi said the Kiwi's name was removed because of the match-fixing taint.<br />"The (IPL) governing council has decided against keeping him on the list," Modi told Cricinfo.<br /><br />"We have removed him from the list...as we have zero tolerance for this kind of stuff," he said.<br />Even though Cairns would no longer be part of the auction, fellow former ICL rebel Shane Bond, Damien Martyn and Justin Kemp would remain in hunt for an IPL career.<br />Modi made it clear that it was for the IPL governing council to decide which players would be allowed to take part in the auction.<br />"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," Modi said.<br /><br />The match-fixing allegation against Cairns surfaced when the Kiwi, along with former India batsman Dinesh Mongia, were suspended by ICL authorities on "disciplinary grounds" in 2008.</p>