Sangakkara Questions Sri Lanka's Decision to Schedule India Tour

After West Indies' dramatic pullout from the India tour due to pay dispute with WICB, Sri Lanka Cricket's decision to fill in with a five-match ODI series has come in for sharp criticism from Kumar Sangakkara. (Indian cricket should cut all ties with West Indies: Anurag Thakur)

"Our 6 weeks of pure fitness work ends abruptly. Have a week to do a months requirement of skills work before India. Planning ahead anyone", Kumar Sangakkara asked in a tweet. (West Indies will suffer due to India tour pullout: Gavaskar to NDTV)

Sri Lankans are currently under an intense fitness programme conducted by the former national rugby union skipper Chandrishan Perera. The programme was tasked at conditioning players for the busy schedule ahead leading up to next year's World Cup in Australia and New Zealand.

The current fitness programme was a sequel to a report filed by the SLC's chief operations officer Carlton Bernadus, which had raised concerns about the fitness levels and the fielding standards.

Sri Lankans were to face England in a seven-match home ODI series before heading off to New Zealand for a Test and ODI series.

The sudden management decision to fill in the void due to West Indies' pull-out from the remainder of India tour has upset the work schedule of the Sri Lankans.

Strike , Sanga !!

As a Lawyer , contact our Snoopster : for advice on Labour law !  8)

Cricket Country reports that in return for agreeing to play the five-match ODI series in India on short notice, the Sri Lankan board is looking for a return favour from the BCCI by negotiating to move the three-match Test series scheduled in August 2015 in India to Sri Lanka.

SLC is expected to make around $8 million should India agree to the switch.

hahahahah SL always looking to Capitalise :

BUT the fans are * groan * anodda SL / India match up !