THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEW DELHI, India - The Indian cricket board has decided to put on hold all forthcoming tours involving Sri Lanka after Sri Lanka Cricket officials made “hostile” statements against the Indian Premier League and the national cricket board, a news report said Sunday.The board has also decided to withdraw a US$40 million aid package to the neighbouring cricket board, the Press Trust of India reported.The controversy comes as Sri Lanka is unable to send a full-strength side to tour England next year because many of its leading players are contracted to play Twenty20 in the Indian Premier League, which clashes with a proposed two-Test tour of England at the start of May.The report mentioned angry comments from SLC Chairman Arjuna Ranatunga that the Board of Cricket Control in India (BCCI) was trying to buy Sri Lanka Cricket by offering them an aid package.
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