Sri Lanka sports minister has written a letter to Indian counterpart to resolve SLPL impasse - Somachandra de Silva – Cricket News Update
The Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) chairman, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Dandeniyage-Somachandra-De-Silva-c52210, revealed on Tuesday that the country sports minister, Mahindananda Aluthgamage, has written a letter to his Indian counterpart, asking him to play his part in resolving the
Sri Lanka Premier League deadlock between the two cricket boards.
While talking to the media reporters after attending International Cricket Council’s Annual General meeting in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625 conference
to discuss the SLPL issue.
"We had a discussion with the BCCI asking them to release the players," the SLC chairman told the media. “Even our sports minister has written to their [India's] sports minister to http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Try-c94438 and intervene and solve this issue," he added
further. He, however, conceded that they had failed to make any progress.
The Sri Lankan Cricket board is going to launch the first edition of its own cricket league, named Sri Lanka Premier League (SLPL), in July this year. The 16-day long tournament will start on July 19 at the R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo.
From Sri Lanka’s total of nine provinces, seven will feature in the inaugural edition of the inter-provincial competition.
Besides Sri Lanka’s national and domestic cricketers, various international players will also play in the Twenty20 tournament and the respective boards have also issued them NOCs (No Objection Certificates) for participation in the
event.
BCCI, however, did not allow its players sign up for SLPL maintaining that it is not a http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Somerset-c843
Entertainment Ventures (SEV).
While talking to the media reporters last week, the BCCI http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Shashank-Manohar-c89791, had made it very clear that they would not change their stand on SLPL in any case.
“It’s an old decision of the BCCI and no exception will be made... Tomorrow, a private entity may organise a league/tournament in the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Zimbabwe-c3045... Fact is our stand won’t change.”
De Silva revealed that the BCCI had earlier assured them through a letter signed by the secretary of board, N http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Srinivasan-c90829, that they would release the players for our tournament. He further added that now they have changed their minds
and this has disappointed the SLC.
The SLC chairman hoped his Indian counterpart would go back home and speak to his committee to reverse the decision.
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