SL had given a NOC certificate in writing to BCCI that SL players will be available till 20th may. now, some SL ministers are pissed off because they did not get the same level of VVIP treatment as SL president mahinda rajapakse during the WC finals, which is too much to ask IMO. half the VVIP list of India was there and it wasn't possible to give special treatment to everyone.
anyway, they went back and decided to get their vengeance by disallowing lankan players to play for IPL.
this hurts the players much more than it hurts BCCI and it certainly doesn't hurt the lankan politicians.
which is why murali has condemned this move.
anyway, the lankan politicians are creating problems for SLC with this silly ego fight. SLC is financially afloat only because of BCCI's preferential tour arrangements for the last 4 years. if this happens and SLC goes into red (they incurred massive losses for the WC) they will not get the BCCI bailout package in the future, not that the politicians care.
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gayle was dropped from the team. what does bumbling WICB expect, he will sit around at home and watch WI play on TV or take the first opportunity IPL offers him ? malinga will anyway not play tests for too long, given his fitness. he has played only 2 tests since 2007 and even in that series he had to opt out of the last series due to injury. why on earth does SLC call him back for a test series he is not playing in the first place ?
bopara's case is different, he has this one chance of getting selected in the test team, so obviously he will try that first. he will have many opportunities to play for IPL if he makes it to the top.