Match referee orders for security assurance post crowd trouble in Pallekele

After the events occurring in Pallekele Stadium last night, where angry fans started hurling bottles on the field, officials of Sri Lankan cricket have been ordered to line up several high profile meeting regarding assurance of security in the forthcoming matches. With India on the verge of victory in the third ODI, Sri Lankans fans residing on the grass banks started hurling objects as play was stopped for more than a thirty minutes.

With the win, Sri Lanka lost yet another series as things go bad to worse for cricket in the island nation. The protest from the ground started to reach outdoors as the masses demand resignation from Sri Lankan Cricket President Thilanga Sumathipala. This was the first time in the boastful history of Sri Lankan cricket that fans started to become unruly after witnessing sorry performances from their team.

Sri Lankans were also whitewashed in the recently concluded Test Series as India won the series by 3-0. The Lankans also lost to the underdogs, Zimbabwe in the ODI series by 3-2. The officials were forced to line up several high profile meetings on demands of ICC Match Referee Andy Pycroft.

We will take all necessary measures: SLC official

“We have lined up a few meetings. There are few internal meetings and then we will meet the security officials to discuss what needs to be done. There are security plans that we have and we will share it with security officials. We will also take measure to educate the public and we are hopeful that things will not get out of hand in Colombo.” commented a SLC official according to cricbuzz.

With the win last night at Pallekele, India clinched their fifth successive ODI series as the men in blue take an unassailable lead of 3-0 in the series. India would now look to experiment with their bench strength and the likes of Rahane, Pandey and Kuldeep Yadav might feature in the matches to come.