Sri Lankan cricketers not allowed to play in Chennai: IPL 8

[HeinzG]

Last year’s wooden spooners Delhi Daredevils will have to go into a tough IPL 8 opening encounter against the formidable Chennai Super Kings on April 9 without the services of star all-rounder Angelo Mathews.

The Sri Lankan captain, who is one of the biggest buys and is likely to be an automatic choice among the four overseas players, will have to sit out as the Tamil Nadu government over the last two seasons had banned all Sri Lankan sportspersons from competing in events in the state.

This is due to escalating political tension over treatment of ethnic Tamils in the island nation.

TNCA secretary general Kashi Viswanathan today confirmed that Sri Lankan cricketers won’t be able to play in Chennai this time also.

“They won’t be allowed to play in Chennai. The matter has been informed to the IPL governing council,” Viswanathan said on Thursday.

However the Delhi Daredevils management have still not received any concrete information in this regard.

“We have not yet received any information from the IPL about whether Angelo can play or not,” DD CEO Hemant Dua said.

Mathews is key to DD’s plans due to his all-round abilities.

“He is one of the best all-rounders in world cricket and we will use him in a manner that we feel that we can get the best out of him,” team’s chief coach Gary Kirsten said regarding a query whether Mathews would be bowling his full quota of overs during the event. - PTI

IPL 8: Sri Lankan cricketers not allowed to play in Chennai

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Racism at it's best.

 

[Gibbs]

Height of irony.. Mathews is Tamil himself.. Blessing in disguise i would say.. Best to avoid the dump..

It's not Racism.. It's brain dead stupidity

 

[Maravan]

He is not welcomed here in TN by anyone... why he should come and play here? Let him play rest of the tournament, outside tamil nadu where people wants to see him.

 

[HeinzG]

Height of irony.. Mathews is Tamil himself.. Blessing in disguise i would say.. Best to avoid the dump..

It's not Racism.. It's brain dead stupidity

How come it's not racism. Matthew is banned because presumably he is Sinhalese.

Every one talks about Sinhalese racism but no one sees how racist Tamils are.

He is not welcomed here in TN by anyone... why he should come and play here? Let him play rest of the tournament, outside tamil nadu where people wants to see him.

Why not? He's a player in a competing team. Would it also be possible to ban any potential players who might give trouble to Chennai super kings?

 

[Gibbs]

How come it's not racism. Matthew is banned because presumably he is Sinhalese.

Every one talks about Sinhalese racism but no one sees how racist Tamils are.

It's not Racism.. Because he is a Tamil.. Racism is something like when you say to be identified as a Sri Lankan you essentially have to be Sinhalese.. So they are stupid, You're racist.. Comprende ??

 

[Maravan]

How come it's not racism. Matthew is banned because presumably he is Sinhalese.

Every one talks about Sinhalese racism but no one sees how racist Tamils are.



Why not? He's a player in a competing team. Would it also be possible to ban any potential players who might give trouble to Chennai super kings?

Chennai super kings??... No one gives a dam to chennai super kings over Tamil sentiments, why CSK is not bidding for any lankan players? they simply dont want to loose local support...

 

[mooppan]

It's not Racism.. Because he is a Tamil.. Racism is something like when you say to be identified as a Sri Lankan you essentially have to be Sinhalese.. So they are stupid, You're racist.. Comprende ??

Is he an indigenous negombo Tamil or an Indian orgin Tamil like Colombo chetty??..
I have heard that many Tamil groups in and around Colombo, like to identify themselves as Sinhalese(though they speak Tamil as their mother tongue,like negombo Tamils)...

 

[third eye]

This is bloody silly

 

[Jaat Rock]

This is stupid...
Stop doing this silly things

 

[SpArK]

Shift any/all matches from Chennai to some other place.

 

[DarkSeid]

This is non other than the consistent troublesome nature of TN over past 1000 years.
Wish, we were located somewhere else apart from these lunatics.

 

[kakathiya]

there are many many venues in India to play chenni is a hell of a place to watch cricket, it would feel like your under garments are drenched in salt water after watching the match in summer, better shift the venues to Bangalore

 

[Gibbs]

Is he an indigenous negombo Tamil or an Indian orgin Tamil like Colombo chetty??..
I have heard that many Tamil groups in and around Colombo, like to identify themselves as Sinhalese(though they speak Tamil as their mother tongue,like negombo Tamils)...

Negambo Tamil.. Most likely Tamilized Malayalee.. I'm bit of a genealogy buff so i look in to these things..

 

[DarkSeid]

Negambo Tamil.. Most likely Tamilized Malayalee.. I'm bit of a genealogy buff so i look in to these things..

His father is a tamil, mother is a burgher, wife is a sinhalese...
Seems so much of interracial within his family.

 

[Gibbs]

His father is a tamil, mother is a burgher, wife is a sinhalese...
Seems so much of interracial within his family.

Actually his mum is Sinhalese as well.. But i know what you mean..