India’s white ball tour of Sri Lanka under massive threat

Cricket is going through uncertain times with the Coronavirus which had plagued many of the sporting events last year still managing to have a tight grip on the normal life of many people as well the as the sporting endeavors across the world. Cricket is no exception as many of the cricket boards are struggling …
By Ashwin Chandrasekar Sharma May 22, 2021, 17:12 IST

Cricket is going through uncertain times with the Coronavirus which had plagued many of the sporting events last year still managing to have a tight grip on the normal life of many people as well the as the sporting endeavors across the world. Cricket is no exception as many of the cricket boards are struggling for revenues with the crowd yet not allowed to be part of the action as the gate receipts prove to be one of the main revenue earners for every board. Sri Lanka cricket is no different as they are facing some tough times in these times and this could have an adverse impact on the India tour of Sri Lanka which is supposed to take place in July.

The story as it happened –

The Sri Lankan players and its board are in for a collision course as the star players of the island nation aren’t happy with the pay they are receiving and they have refused to sign the retainer contracts as the Sri Lankan players feel they have paid lesser than what some of the players from other test playing nations are getting to play international cricket.

Dispute could cost SLC dear as an Indian visit looms –

Sri Lanka and India recently have figured out a schedule of 5 T20’s and 3 ODI’s during the month of July as the BCCI have accepted the request of SLC to play 2 extra T20 games. If the dispute isn’t resolved in time this could hamper the visit that is to take place by India. Sri Lankan top cricketers have until the 3rd of June to sign the contracts with 24 players divided into 4 sub divisions.

Sri Lankan players and its CAC headed for a head on collision –

Once the reports came out about the players refusing to sign the contracts the news was leaked and many Sri Lankan players are aghast at this leak and issued a statement which read that “these disclosures amount to a grave security concern to each and every player” former Sri Lanka legend Aravinda De Silva the chairman of Sri Lanka’s Cricket Advisory Committee though said “We wanted to have a key performance indicators for the players so that we could evaluate them”