Sri Lankan spin legend Muttiah Muralitharan has reprimanded 4 senior nationwide crew gamers for a dispute over central contracts.
Several gamers, together with senior gamers like former captain Angelo Mathews and Kusal Perera, have been in long-standing dispute with Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) over central contracts.
Several Sri Lankan cricketers had refused to signal contracts with the board as a result of a pay dispute after agreeing to play towards England on tour contracts.
Sri Lankan gamers are mentioned to haven’t signed contracts over transparency points, however Muralitharan mentioned this was primarily as a result of senior cricketers had been paid much less beneath the brand new performance-based system.
“This year we think they don’t need a central contract, we can go with tour contracts,” Murali informed Hiru TV.
The cricketers have signed tour contracts forward of the India sequence beginning on 18 July.
The 49-year-old Muralitharan, the best wicket-taker in Test cricket with 800 wickets, mentioned senior cricketers didn’t permit different younger gamers to signal contracts due to their pay cuts.
Now that the gamers didn’t take the supply from the board, Muralitharan mentioned he wouldn’t get the central contract.
Several senior gamers who should not a part of the white-ball set-up are actually with no deal after Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) withdrew the annual contract supply.
Some gamers later agreed to signal central contracts after transparency particulars emerged, however SLC solely provided them tour contracts.
Thanks to the brand new transfer by the SLC, cricketers will not be paid on a month-to-month foundation, leaving the Test gamers the worst hit as they haven’t any tour scheduled until November.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
