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MUMBAI:
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has signed
a ten-year deal with Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) for $45 million.
The deal was confirmed at the SLC headquarters in the presence
of BCCI secretary N Srinivasan, Sri Lankan sports minister
Gamini Lokuge, and SLC CEO Duleep Mendis.
As
per the agreement, the SLC has agreed to release the players
for the Indian Premier League and the Champions League for
the next 10 years and to support the BCCI on the ICL issue.
Earlier,
when SLC was headed by Arjuna Ranatunga, the ties had hit a low between the two
countries. He had refused to commit their players for the IPL and allowed five
players associated with the rebel league ICL to take part in a domestic tournament.
Ranatunga was later on sacked by the Sri Lankan sports minister Gamini Lokuge. "The
SLC has agreed to release its players for the upcoming IPL tournament and we are
to come to a long-term agreement concerning the Twenty20 showpiece. India and
Sri Lanka had a good relationship when it came to cricket. More tours will take
place between the two countries in time to come. We have also come to a conclusion
to stand by the BCCI stance with regard to the ICL,” Lokuge told reporters. | 
