<p>The BCCI has refused to issue No Objection Certificates to the 12 Indian players, who wanted to participate in the SLPL, saying that the event is being organised by a private party on behalf of SLC.<br /><br />"This tournament is approved by SLC. And Somerset are the marketing arm, having won the rights through a tender process. Nobody can say it is owned by Somerset," its secretary Nishantha Ranatunga told 'ESPNcricinfo' website.<br /><br />"We need to explain the matter to the BCCI and whatever the concerns that they have, we need to give them an explanation.<br /><br />"It is very important to have them [Indian players] as they add a lot of value and glamour to the tournament," he added.<br /><br />The SLPL will be played between July 19 and August 4 at the R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo. Several foreign players including Chris Gayle, Kieron Pollard, Shahid Afridi, Daniel Vettori, Kevin O'Brien and Herschelle Gibbs have already been signed for the tournament.<br /><br />The Indian players who wanted to participate are Praveen Kumar, Munaf Patel, Irfan Pathan, Dinesh Karthik, R Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Manoj Tiwary, Saurabh Tiwary, Umesh Yadav, Vinay Kumar, Manish Pandey and Paul Valthaty.<br /><br />"We took the decision at an informal meeting of 18-20 members held yesterday that no Indian cricketer will be given permission to take part in the league as it is being organised by a private party based in Singapore. The Board's policy is not to allow players to take part in private party-organised tournaments," BCCI president Shashank Manohar stated.<br /><br />Manohar said unless the Board gives them a No Objection Certificate, Indian players cannot participate in the Lankan Twenty20 league.<br /><br />"We have to give them permission and we have decided not to give it. We have already informed the Sri Lanka Cricket about it," he elaborated.</p>
<p>The BCCI has refused to issue No Objection Certificates to the 12 Indian players, who wanted to participate in the SLPL, saying that the event is being organised by a private party on behalf of SLC.<br /><br />"This tournament is approved by SLC. And Somerset are the marketing arm, having won the rights through a tender process. Nobody can say it is owned by Somerset," its secretary Nishantha Ranatunga told 'ESPNcricinfo' website.<br /><br />"We need to explain the matter to the BCCI and whatever the concerns that they have, we need to give them an explanation.<br /><br />"It is very important to have them [Indian players] as they add a lot of value and glamour to the tournament," he added.<br /><br />The SLPL will be played between July 19 and August 4 at the R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo. Several foreign players including Chris Gayle, Kieron Pollard, Shahid Afridi, Daniel Vettori, Kevin O'Brien and Herschelle Gibbs have already been signed for the tournament.<br /><br />The Indian players who wanted to participate are Praveen Kumar, Munaf Patel, Irfan Pathan, Dinesh Karthik, R Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Manoj Tiwary, Saurabh Tiwary, Umesh Yadav, Vinay Kumar, Manish Pandey and Paul Valthaty.<br /><br />"We took the decision at an informal meeting of 18-20 members held yesterday that no Indian cricketer will be given permission to take part in the league as it is being organised by a private party based in Singapore. The Board's policy is not to allow players to take part in private party-organised tournaments," BCCI president Shashank Manohar stated.<br /><br />Manohar said unless the Board gives them a No Objection Certificate, Indian players cannot participate in the Lankan Twenty20 league.<br /><br />"We have to give them permission and we have decided not to give it. We have already informed the Sri Lanka Cricket about it," he elaborated.</p>
