Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) officials are hopeful that hastily-arranged talks with their Indian counterparts will succeed in releasing players from that country to participate in the inaugural Sri Lanka Premier League (SLPL) Twenty20 tournament.
On Sunday, the Indian cricket board (BCCI) advised its cricketers to steer clear of the tournament on the grounds that the SLPL was being organised by a private party based in Singapore. “Our secretary Nishantha Ranatunga and our chairman DS de Silva will be visiting India to have discussions with the Indian board,” said SLC media manager Brian Thomas. He also clarified that former Indian Premier League chairman Lalit Modi has nothing to do with the SLPL.
Published in The Express Tribune, June 22nd, 2011.
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