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BCCI gets tough with Sri Lankan Board

BCCI has reportedly decided to put on hold all future bilateral series with Sri Lanka because of “hostile” statements made by Sri Lanka Cricket chairman Arjuna Ranatunga.

BCCI officials refused to confirm the development while Sri Lankan sources said that talks between the boards had run into rough weather. The dispute had started over a proposed Test tour by Sri Lanka to England in April-May next year, when the IPL tournament takes place.

Since top Lankan players have contracts to play in IPL, BCCI had proposed a financial package to help SLC tide over its losses if the tour was cancelled.

The Indian officials were reportedly unhappy over a “damaging” comment from Ranatunga in Dubai stating that BCCI was trying to buy Sri Lankan cricket with the bailout package proposal. BCCI sources said since the aid package hadn’t been finalized or made public, Ranatunga had no business talking about it.

BCCI official Niranjan Shah, however, rubbished reports of a BCCI boycott, saying, “There is no truth in such reports and we are not putting on hold future bilateral tours with Sri Lanka.”

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