Sri Lankan cricket Board today asked its cricketers not to play in Chennai in the IPL after the governing council of the high-profile Twenty20 league decided to withdraw them from the Chennai games.
"It was decided that the No objection Certificate issued to the players be restricted to exclude their appearance at any venue in the state of Tamil Nadu and also to obtain the players' personal opinion on their willingness to participate in the event," Sri Lanka Cricket said in a release.
The decision had been arrived at after consultation with the minister of sports Mahindananda Aluthgamage.
The minister had said yesterday that no player would be allowed to proceed without the safety guarantees from the Indian government.
Thirteeen Sri Lankan players, including two captains of their respective teams, are in the squad of different franchises for the sixth edition of the IPL.
Bowing to intense political pressure, top Sri Lankan players were yesterday withdrawn from the Chennai matches of the IPL after Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa refused to host them in view of the prevailing anti-Sinhalese sentiments in the state.
