Australia Tour of SL: Sri Lanka Cricket has been dealt a fresh blow after Australian players raised concerns about touring the island nation. Senior members of Australia’s squad are not very comfortable visiting Sri Lanka amid country-wide protests and acute shortages of basic necessities. A final decision on the tour will be taken this week. Follow SL vs AUS Live Updates on InsideSport.IN.
Australia Tour of SL: Why Australian players have raised concerns?
- Sri Lanka is going through their worst economic crisis since independence in 1948.
- With the country’s tourism hit hard due to Covid restrictions, Sri Lanka’s foreign reserves have taken a toll.
- The island nation is not even able to buy fuel and provide basic necessities like electricity to its people.
- There is an acute shortage of fuel, medicine and food supplies and it is only getting worse every day.
- There have been country-wide protests every day with the government order shoot at sight order.
Australia Tour of SL: Fresh blow for Sri Lanka Cricket, Australian cricketers very CONCERNED about touring Sri Lanka amid WORST crisis, decision soon
Sri Lanka is reeling under its worst economic crisis since independence in 1948, with a severe shortage of foreign exchange severely curtailing imports, including essentials such as fuel and medicines.
Demonstrations have roiled the country since late March, and violence broke out two weeks ago after clashes between government supporters and protesters in Colombo sparked further incidents across the country that left nine people dead and about 300 injured.
Sri Lanka Cricket requested Cricket Australia to play the Test series first due to the shortage of fuel but the Australians refused it. If the Test series had been played before the limited-overs series, the SLC could have managed to stockpile fuel for their generators for Day-Night matches.
With the tour commencing on June 7, a final decision is expected this week. If the tour does not go through, SLC will lose over a million dollars at a critical period. Furthermore, they will also lose the hosting rights for the Asia Cup, which is another crucial tournament to boost the foreign reserves.
Australia have announced three strong squads for the seven-week tour in June and July, which includes a Twenty20 series, five one-day internationals as well as two Tests in Galle.
Australia Tour of SL: Fresh blow for Sri Lanka Cricket, Australian cricketers very CONCERNED about touring Sri Lanka amid WORST crisis, decision soon
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