The IPL and Board of Control for Cricket in India made the decision after the chief minister of Tamil Nadu province insisted any Sri Lankans who play in the state capital will "aggravate an already charged atmosphere.The government of Tamil Nadu will permit IPL matches to be held in Tamil Nadu, only if the organizers provide an undertaking that no Sri Lankan players, umpires, officials or support staff would participate in these matches," wrote Jayalalithaa. Tamils in the southern state have raged against the treatment of the Tamil minority in Sri Lanka.Tamil Nadu is home to more than 70 million Tamils, who share linguistic, cultural and family ties with the Tamils of Sri Lanka. Tamils, who comprise 18 percent of Sri Lanka's nearly 20 million people, claim they suffer discrimination from the majority Sinhalese, who control the government and the military.The security of all involved in the IPL, whether players, spectators or those working in the stadiums, is of paramount importance to the BCCI. The governing council decided that Sri Lankan players will not participate in league matches in Chennai and will advise the nine franchises accordingly," read an IPL statesmen.Sri Lankan cricketers have been barred from playing in Chennai after Indian Premier League officials kowtowed to a warning from the state government that they weren't welcomeThe chief minister of Tamil Nadu, Jayaram Jayalalithaa, had written to Indian prime minister Manmohan Singh to warn off all Sri Lankan players, because people in her state were disturbed by alleged human rights violations and the systematic killing of Tamils in Sri Lanka.
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