Sri Lanka coach & few players are pulled out of Pakistan tour:
Team
Sri Lanka coach Nic Pothas will not visit Lahore for the last T20 match b/w
Pakistan & Sri Lanka. A long list of Sri Lanka players also pulled out of
Pakistan tour after Sri Lanka Board confirmed that the final T20 match will be
played at Gaddafi Stadium Lahore.
Terrorists attack on Sri Lanka cricket team in 2009
We
have mentioned list of players who will not tour Lahore for the T20 match
against Pakistan.
- Upul Thranga (Captain)
- Lasith Malinga
- Niroshan Dickwella
- Suranga Lakmal
- Chamara Kapugedera
- Milinda Siriwardene
- Akila Dananjaya
The
two senior players Chamara Kapugedera & Suranga Lakmal were in the team bus
when they were attacked by terrorists in Lahore.
Pothas
informed the Sri Lanka Board that he will not visit Lahore. The other staff
member was Nirmalan who is also pulled out of Pakistan tour while the trainer
Nic Lee is still thinking what to do. The 6 other staff members are definitely
going with the team.
Nic
initially agreed to visit Lahore after Pakistan coach Mickey Arthur spoke to
him & Gurusinha about the security arrangements in Pakistan but Nic has
pulled out of the tour after discussions with his family.
Thisara
Perera will be the captain of Sri Lanka T20 team. Perera was among the World XI
squad that visited Lahore in September for the tree match T20 series.
PSL
2017 final & World XI series were hosted in Lahore & it was the first
step towards revival of international cricket in Pakistan.
Earlier
Zimbabwe made a tour of Pakistan in 2015 & played 5 match ODI series but
bigger teams refused to visit Pakistan after 2009 attacks on Sri Lanka team
bus.
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