In the July 19-Aug 4 Sri Lankan Premier League, 12 Indian players were set to participate but they were disallowed by the Indian cricket board (BCCI) that finally led to the delay of the tournament less than a fortnight previous to the proposed start. An official announcement is still pending but two South African players connected with the tournament, Herschelle Gibbs and Davy Jacobs, said that they had been notified of the one-year deferment.
The verdict about the Sri Lankan Premier League was taken on Thursday at a meeting between the newly appointed Sri Lankan cricket committee and the marketing and organizing arm of the league, Somerset Entertainment Ventures. Due to the BCCI's decision about not to allow Indian players to participate and the time crunch, both parties thought that it is sensible to delay the launch.
Exclusive of Indian cricketers, it would have meant that the tournament will face difficulties to sell the broadcasting to the Indian fans that may have composed a bulk of the broadcasting revenues. This would have affected the incomes and would have left the money-strapped Lankan board. So, they have no option rather than excavating into their barely-existent treasury to pay the opposite foreign players.
SLC spokesperson exposed that without support from India, it is not possible to run the league. The decision of postponement of the SLPL till 2012 was taken after the BCCI’s decision of not sending its 12 players in Sri Lankan Premier League following the claims that Lalit Modi is arranging the SLPL.
The teams that took part in this tournament had signed many overseas players including some Pakistani players. The league was to commence on July 19. Now, the Sri Lankan cricket board has decided to start the SLPL in a four-week window in August 2012; in the meantime the SLC will carry on lobbying the BCCI for participation of Indian players.
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