{"id":55818,"date":"2021-01-09T11:24:30","date_gmt":"2021-01-09T11:24:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/?p=55818"},"modified":"2021-01-09T11:24:30","modified_gmt":"2021-01-09T11:24:30","slug":"who-tried-to-sabotage-lpl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/who-tried-to-sabotage-lpl\/","title":{"rendered":"Who tried to sabotage LPL?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 id=\"page-title\" class=\"title\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #008080;\">Who tried to sabotage LPL?<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-55819 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Ravin-Wickremaratne.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Ravin Wickremaratne<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Sri Lanka Cricket vice president and tournament director of the concluded Lanka Premier League (LPL) Ravin Wickremaratne dropped a bombshell last week which largely went unnoticed by many.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Talking to Roshan Abeysinghe the host of a television talk show titled \u201cStraight Drive\u201d at Ada Derena, the LPL director Wickremaratne said: \u201cAn official who sat with us holding a high post tried to sabotage the LPL but he did not succeed and the successful conclusion of the LPL was a fitting reply to him.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">\u201cHe made telephone calls to team owners and buyers saying don\u2019t invest your money on the LPL, it will never be played. So don\u2019t waste your money\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">When pressed by Abeysinghe to reveal who he was, Wickremaratne declined.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Even without naming the detractor, Wickremaratne said that he will take responsibility for making such a statement.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">But the fear now is that the country may never be able to see who the un-named ghost or saboteur was.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Sri Lankan public figures are extremely good at making accusations not revealing names which some analysts say is done merely to either divert attention from other pressing factors or gain some image mileage through the media.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">But it is also a well known fact that Sri Lanka Cricket is one of the most politicized public institutions in the country with two factions always on the look out for positions given its financial and influential dealings at international level.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"tabs\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"region region-content\">\n<div id=\"block-system-main\" class=\"block block-system clearfix\">\n<div class=\"content\">\n<article id=\"node-43187\" class=\"node node-article clearfix node-mt\">\n<div class=\"node-main-content custom-width clearfix\">\n<header>\n<div class=\"col-xs-12 col-sm-12 col-md-12 col-lg-12 padding-left-zero padding-right-zero\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Who tried to sabotage LPL? 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