Former IPL Commissioner Lalit Modi drops civil suit against Chris Cairns

'He's decided to bring the civil matter to a close and draw a line under it.'

Wellington

: Former IPL Commissioner Lalit Modi has decided to drop a USD 3.3 million civil law suit against Chris Cairns in the match-fixing scandal, a major reprieve for the New Zealand all-rounder who was recently cleared of any wrongdoing in a perjury trial.

-"He's decided to bring the civil matter to a close and draw a line under it,-" Modi's lawyer Rajesh Vyakarnam told the 'New Zealand Herald'.

Modi had lost to Cairns in a 2012 court battle after the flamboyant administrator was sued by the Kiwi player for claiming that he was involved in match-fixing in the now- defunct Indian Cricket League.

Cairns was later accused of lying under oath in this trial but was cleared of the charge in a perjury case in the UK last year.

Modi had in 2010 tweeted that Cairns had been left out from the Indian Premier League (IPL) auction due to his -"past record of match-fixing-".

-"Reputationally, I'm completely scorched, burnt completely, but it hasn't stopped me and it won't stop me. I'll keep going forward,-" Cairns had said after being cleared last year.