Sri Lankan Team Fears for its Security in India

Sunday, November 15, 2009 at 9:34 pm

Sri Lankan Team Fears for its Security in India,The Sri Lankan cricket team fears for its safety in India and has shown reservations on security.

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The team, scheduled to play three Tests here, wrote two letters to the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and the additional commissioner (protection and security) of Mumbai police, saying it is unhappy with the security arrangements. Maj Gen Lawrence Fernando of the Lanka army, in charge of team security, wrote to the police and team manager Brendon Kuruppu to the BCCI and to Sri Lanka Cricket Board officials. Both expressed anxiety over some incidents during the team’s five-day stay in Mumbai.
The Lankans arrived in the city on November 8 and, after a three-day game, left for Ahmedabad on Saturday. They return to Mumbai for the third Test starting December 2. On one occasion, Fernando wrote, a vehicle got between the team bus and police escort van. In another, bowling coach Chandika Hathurasinghe heard “unusual noises” at 4.15 a.m, coming from the floor above, at Taj Land’s End, the team’s hotel.