"In view of the popular antipathy and anger in Tamil Nadu against the actions of the government of Sri Lanka, the state government is of the view that IPL matches involving Sri Lankan players, umpires and other officials should not be played in Tamil Nadu," Jayalalitha said in a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
IPL chairman Rajeev Shukla, also the Union minister of state for parliamentary affairs, Tuesday said the local administration's advice cannot be ignored but he said the IPL matches will not be shifted out of Chennai and they will be played as scheduled.
"All the matches scheduled to be held in Chennai will go on as scheduled. As far as Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) is concerned, we have briefed them about the security measures taken by the BCCI (Board of Control for Cricket in India)," said Shukla.
The sixth edition of IPL is slated to begin from April 3 and Chennai has 10 matches in the calendar. In this year's IPL, 13 Sri Lankan players are included in various teams and Nuwan Kulasekara and Akila Dananjaya are members of the local franchisee - Chennai Super Kings.
List of Sri Lankan players contracted to the eight IPL teams:
Sun Risers - Hyderabad:
Kumara Sangakkara
Thisera Perera
Kolkata Knight Riders:
Sachithra Senanayake
Chennai Super Kings:
Akila Dananjaya
Nuwan Kulasekara
Delhi Daredevils:
Mahela Jayawardene
Jeevan Mendis
Mumbai Indians:
Lasith Malinga
Pune Warriors:
Angelo Mathews
Ajantha Mendis
Rajasthan Royals:
Kusal Perera
Royal Challengers Bangalore:
Tilekaratne Dilshan
Muttiah Muralitharan
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