Champions League Twenty20 allows Sri Lankan Premier League’s winner to play in the six-team tournament – Cricket News Update
According to a press release, the Champions League Twenty20 will be featuring the winner of the Sri Lankan Premier League (SLPL) in the six-team tournament. According to sources the rest of the teams will be from http://www.senore.com/Cricket/New-Zealand-c754 and West
Indies.
The report has also been confirmed by the secretary of Sri Lanka cricket, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Nishantha-Ranatunga-c79713, who revealed that the winner of the inaugural Sri Lankan Premier League will feature in the Champions League Twenty20.
This recent development has further casted a shadow of doubt over the decision by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on the organization of the SLPL, as last week, the BCCI prohibited Indian players from taking part in the event.
According to the sources within the BCCI, the board believed that the event was being organized by a private company and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758 Cricket (SLC) will not be held liable for any financial or other issues that may arise between the players and the event management
company.
However, BCCI’s reservations were nullified by SLC, which clarified that the upcoming Twenty20 league was properly owned and commissioned by the Lankan Board, which means that the tournament has also been given a http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Green-c60723 light by the International Cricket
Council (http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625).
SLC also clarified that the event management company, known by the name of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Gordon-James-Muchall-c60376 awaited domestic Twenty20 tournament.
Meanwhile, rumours have been afloat that the BCCI chose to bar its players from taking part in the event in response to the earlier decision by SLC to recall its players from the Indian Premier League (IPL), for the Lankan tour of England.
The Lankan players decided to adhere to the call of their board and left the IPL, missing the knock out stages of the tournament.
However, when the BCCI was contacted regarding the matter, an official of the Indian Board rejected all such rumours and reiterated that the decision was taken in light of safeguarding the interests of the players.
“In the IPL the players are contracted by the BCCI, but the SLPL is offering contracts with the event management company, So, if there is any goof-up, Sri Lanka Cricket cannot be held accountable. As a result, the board [BCCI] would not like to take any
chances,” the official said.
According to sources, so far the players who have confirmed their participation in the SLPL include http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755.
The competition will begin from 19 July, 2011 and will conclude on 4 August, 2011.
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