Sri Lanka have finally broken their silence on the issue of Bangladesh being kicked out of the T20 World Cup by the ICC.
The T20 World Cup dispute between the ICC and Bangladesh continued for nearly 3 weeks and then the international cricket body, under the influence of the Indian Cricket Board, refused Bangladesh’s legitimate request and expelled them from the tournament, including Scotland.
In the T20 World Cup, 4 matches of Bangladesh were arranged in Kolkata, but after Bangladesh fast bowler Mustafizur Rahman was expelled from the IPL due to threats from Hindu extremists, the Bangladesh Cricket Board requested that their matches be shifted to Sri Lanka as their players are not safe in India.
The decision to exclude Bangladesh from the T20 World Cup is not only called surprising by cricket experts, but Indian journalists are also criticizing this decision and the main reason for this decision is BCCI’s ego.
On the other hand, there are also reports that the Pakistan Cricket Board may boycott the World Cup or not play the match against India.
But the Sri Lanka Cricket Board was completely silent on this issue, but now the Sri Lanka Cricket Board’s statement has also come out.
Sri Lanka Cricket Secretary Bandula Dissanayake spoke to a foreign agency and said that Sri Lanka remains neutral on the disputes between India, Bangladesh and Pakistan as they are all our friendly countries.
Bandula Dassa Naike said that if requested by Sri Lanka, we are ready to host tournaments in future as well.
The Sports Minister of Sri Lanka, Sunil Kumar Gambage, said in this regard that Sri Lanka gives importance to the competition to manage the competition in the best way and we have focused on making the match between Pakistan and India.
It is worth mentioning that in the T20 World Cup which starts in February, all the matches of Pakistan will be shown in Sri Lanka, the tournament will start from February 6 and will end on March 8.
