Sri Lanka players drop pay demand

Sri Lanka's national cricketers dropped a controversial pay demand on Sunday, clearing the way for them to play against Bangladesh in a forthcoming series, a senior official saidPune Warriors India Thursday announced Sri Lankan all rounder Angelo Mathews as their captain for the sixth edition of the Indian Premier League
Sri Lanka's nationalist parties here Thursday appealed to the country's cricketers to boycott playing in India during the Indian Premier League (IPL) as tension simmered between Colombo and Chennai

Ranatunga tells Lankan players to snub IPL after being barred to play in Chennai

Thu, 28 Mar 2013 09:13:45 GMT

Former captain Arjuna Ranatunga has urged Sri Lankan players to reject the Indian Premier League (IPL) after they were barred from playing in Chennai following Tamil Nadu government''s refusal to host them in their state.© ANI