India’s and Sri Lanka’s cricket boards are
aiming to resolve the row of participation of Sri Lankan players in the
Indian Premier League (IPL) after the Sport Ministry in consultation
with the cricket board decided to call back its
players from India.
According to reports emanating from the two
countries there is a resolution being drafted, this was confirmed by the
Chairman of the IPL Commission, Chirayu Amin. He stated that a common
ground is being found for the resolutions of
all issues with the hope that the two boards would work together for
the wider interest of the game in both countries.
The IPL supremo told Indian media that efforts
were underway in this regard, and the needful was being done. "The BCCI
top brass is in touch with SLC and they will resolve the issue", Amin
told the
Times of India. "It is an issue between SLC and its players,
who are playing in IPL four. We are expecting that the issue will get
solved by next week".
The Sport Ministry in Sri Lanka
asked the players taking part in the cash rich league to report for
training at the start of next month. The training camp is being
established to help the team prepare for the tour of England set to
start at the end of next month.
The national team is due to depart for England
on May 10 where they will play three Tests, five ODIs and one Twenty20.
The tour is of great importance for the Islanders, who are keen on
reaching the top three in both ODIs and Test
match format, additionally the tour is a real challenge for them
considering the fact that they have not won a single Test series at the
home of cricket.
The call to bring players home has been made
to make the players work on the challenges of playing with the red ball
compared to the white ones that are used in limited overs cricket,
something that the players have been exposed to
regularly in the last few months.
Mendis, who is the Chairman of the selectors,
stated that the players needed to concentrate on getting used to the
change of playing with white balls rather than red.
Meanwhile, the greatest spin bowler of all time off spinner, Muttiah Muralitharan, who is playing for Kochi Tuskers Kerala
in the IPL, has slammed the board's decision. The recently retired
champion stated that the decision by the
Board defies logic as players needed to play more in the league and
guide their respective franchises towards the business end of the
tournament.
"I think the board [SLC] has given them
permission till May 20", Murali told a TV channel. "I don't know what
happened suddenly. The players were told to come on May 5. It is the
fault of SLC because they signed the NOC [No Objection
certificate] till May 20 so if they change it to May 5 it is wrong.
Players will get demoralized, because if they go back on May 5, they
play half of the IPL and they are going to miss a lot [of it]”.
He felt that the players would be returning home half hearted and
that might backfire for the team as they head out to England for what
can be a real gruelling series against a vastly improved team.
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