Cricket-India board tells players to steer clear of Lanka league
The Indian cricket board
(BCCI) has denied permission to a dozen cricketers to play in
the inaugural Sri Lanka Premier League, local media reported on
Sunday.
Praveen Kumar, Munaf Patel, Ravichandran Ashwin and Irfan
Pathan were among the 12 seeking to play in the July 19-Aug. 4
tournament but the BCCI were against their participation.
“We took the decision at an informal meeting of 18-20
members held yesterday that no Indian cricketer will be given
permission to take part in the league as it is being organised
by a private party based in Singapore,” Board of Control for
Cricket in India President Shashank Manohar told Press Trust of
India news agency on Sunday.
“The Board’s policy is not to allow players to take part in
private party-organised tournaments.
“We have already informed the Sri Lanka Cricket about it.”
Manohar was not immediately available for further comment.
Kieron Pollard, Shahid Afridi and Daniel Vettori are among
the foreign recruits of the Twenty20 tournament, which has been
modelled on the successful Indian Premier League.
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