Lanka Premier League: Player safety has been increased following the lynching of Pakistan
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Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) said on Monday that it had increased the personal safety of all cricketers competing in the country’s ongoing T20 League due to a lynching incident in Sri Lankan by a Sri Lankan in Sialkot, Pakistan.
A dozen Pakistani players, including Shoaib Malik, Mohammed Amir, Wahab Riaz and Mohammad Hafeez, are competing in the T20 league.
A senior SLC official told reporters that the safety net has been expanded not only for Pakistani players, but also for all players involved in the five-team Lanka Premier League (LPL), which starts on Sunday and ends on 23 December.
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Along with Namibia and the UAE, players from all major cricket countries are competing. However, there are no Indian players.
The ex-lynching of a Sri Lankan exile working as a factory manager last week has sparked outrage here.
The remains of the deceased man, Priyantha Diyawadana, will be brought here on Monday evening.
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