Lankan cricket officials to meet BCCI

Sports Minister Mahindanda Aluthgamage has asked Sri Lankan Cricket officials to meet BCCI top brass to convince them in Indian players' participation in the Sri Lankan Premier League next month.

Aluthgamage has asked the SLC chairman DS de Silva and secretary Nishantha Ranatunga to travel to India and sort out the issue at the earliest with the BCCI officials.

Following this, a meeting has been arranged tomorrow to discuss the BCCI's objections to the Sri Lankan tournament, according to ESPNcricinfo.

"I have instructed the chairman and the secretary to rush to India and convince the Indian board officials to allow their players to play in our tournament," Aluthgamage said.

"The chairman will be directly arriving from London, where he has been with the Sri Lanka team, and Ranatunga will join him from Sri Lanka," he added.