ISLAMABAD – India threatened Sri Lankan players to opt Indian PremierLeague (IPL) or Pakistani tour, said Minister for Science and TechnologyFawad Chaudhry.
In a tweet on Tuesday, India threatened Sri Lankan players that they willbe ousted from the IPL if they don’t refuse Pakistan visit, the ministertold by the sports commentators.
Fawad Chaudhry slammed on Indian sports authorities, saying that this isreally cheap tactic, jingoism from sports to space is something.
“Informed sports commentators told me that India threatened SL players thatthey ll be ousted from IPL if they don’t refuse Pak visit, this is reallycheap tactic, jingoism from sports to space is something we must condemn,really cheap on the part of Indian sports authorities, “ the ministertweeted.
Informed sports commentators told me that India threatened SL players thatthey ll be ousted from IPL if they don’t refuse Pak visit, this is reallycheap tactic, jingoism from sports to space is something we must condemn,really cheap on the part of Indian sports authorities
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— Ch Fawad Hussain (@fawadchaudhry) September 10, 2019link
Fawad Chaudhry’s tweet comes a day after, 10 Sri Lankan players, includingT20 skipper Lasith Malinga and former captains Angelo Mathews and ThisaraPerera, pulled out of the upcoming tour of Pakistan citing securityconcerns.
The Sri Lanka Cricket board said players in a preliminary squad werebriefed on security arrangements for the six-match limited over seriesstarting September 27 and given the freedom to decide if they wanted totravel.
