The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has stuck to its guns on the Sri Lankan Premier League (SLPL). During a tele-conference with the top officials of the Sri Lankan Cricket (SLC) on Thursday morning, BCCI secretary N Srinivasan told the SLC officials that the Indian board would not be in a position to allow its players to take part in Lanka’s version of the IPL.
A disappointed SLC took the decision in its stride.
“It is their decision and we cannot force them to change their position,” Sri Lanka sports minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage told DNA on Thursday.
“We knew that India was not going to change its stand. That was the reason why we did not go to India. We made an attempt to convince them but the BCCI told us that it cannot reverse its stand. They seem to have some apprehensions over the tournament,” the sports minister said. SLC chairman DS de Silva and secretary Nishantha Ranatunga spoke to the Indian board officials on Thursday.
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A disappointed SLC took the decision in its stride.
“It is their decision and we cannot force them to change their position,” Sri Lanka sports minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage told DNA on Thursday.
“We knew that India was not going to change its stand. That was the reason why we did not go to India. We made an attempt to convince them but the BCCI told us that it cannot reverse its stand. They seem to have some apprehensions over the tournament,” the sports minister said. SLC chairman DS de Silva and secretary Nishantha Ranatunga spoke to the Indian board officials on Thursday.
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