BCCI holds firm on Sri Lanka T20 ban. (TOI Photo)
NEW DELHI: Sri Lanka's sports minister has failed to persuade India's cricket board to revise its ban on players participating in the inaugural Sri Lankan Premier League, a report said on Friday.
Mahindananda Aluthgamage took part in a telephone conference on Thursday with officials from the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), the Mumbai-based Daily News and Analysis said.
"We made an attempt to convince them, but the BCCI told us that it cannot reverse its stand," the newspaper quoted the minister as saying.
"It is their decision and we cannot force them to change," he added.
Fast bowlers Praveen Kumar and Munaf Patel were among 12 Indian players who had sought permission to play in the T20 tournament in Sri Lanka starting in mid-July.
Mahindananda Aluthgamage took part in a telephone conference on Thursday with officials from the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), the Mumbai-based Daily News and Analysis said.
"We made an attempt to convince them, but the BCCI told us that it cannot reverse its stand," the newspaper quoted the minister as saying.
"It is their decision and we cannot force them to change," he added.
Fast bowlers Praveen Kumar and Munaf Patel were among 12 Indian players who had sought permission to play in the T20 tournament in Sri Lanka starting in mid-July.
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