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India not behind our players' boycott of Pakistan tour: Sri Lanka Cricket

By Saurabh Sharma September 11, 2019 • 12:43 PM View: 1391

New Delhi, Sep 11: Sri Lanka Minister Harin Fernando has rejected claims made by Pakistan Minister Fawad Hussain Chaudhry that India forced the players of the island nation to opt out of their upcoming tour against the Men in Green.

Fernando, who is Sri Lanka's Sports Minister, said that 10 players have opted out of the tour "purely" based on the 2009 incident when their team bus was attacked by terrorist which left eight people dead and several others injured.

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