Sri Lanka Cricket Denies Report Of Drinking Party Inside Team Hotel During T20 World Cup 2024

Colombo: The Sri Lankan Cricket Board on Tuesday described a media file which claimed that its gamers had been drawn to a birthday social gathering inside of crew resort at some factor of the latest T20 World Cup as “in truth false, fabricated, and baseless”.

A weekend newspaper had on July 7 claimed that the Sri Lankan gamers had a birthday social gathering inside of the crew resort beforehand than the more natural and natural in opposition to South Africa, which the islanders misplaced by making use of six wickets in New York on June 3.

“Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) wants to hassle proper here clarification regarding an inaccurate article titled ‘Drinking Birthday social gathering Within Crew Resort Before now South Africa Suit?’ released in a weekend newspaper on July seventh and in this case circulated on social media.

“SLC categorically and strongly refutes the contents of the article and confirms that no such incidents, as described, have occurred. In end result, SLC states unequivocally that the news file is in truth false, fabricated, and baseless,” the SLC pointed out in a declaration.

Sri Lanka secured handiest one victory on the T20 World Cup, defeating the Netherlands. The islanders had been eradicated in the crew stage as they achieved 1/3 after dropping to South Africa and Bangladesh, when their recreation in opposition to Nepal grew to turn into washout out.

“We vehemently have religion that such false reporting unfairly damages the repute of Sri Lanka Cricket, its officers, and the gamers,” the SLC brought.

“In light of the pointed out false allegations, Sri Lanka Cricket has requested that the respective newspaper submit a ‘Suited of Reply’ to handle and rectify the hurt triggered to Sri Lanka Cricket.”