India has agreed to play more games on a tour of Sri Lanka in July to help overcome the national board’s financial losses from the Coronavirus, a top official said yesterday.
Sri Lanka will also ask other visiting teams to play extra games to boost television revenues, said Shammi Silva, who was re-elected as Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) President yesterday.
India was to play three Twenty20 Internationals in Sri Lanka but has added three One-Day Internationals. “India agreed to double the number of matches in their upcoming tour and this means we will get more revenue from television rights,” Silva told reporters.
He did not say how much the board had lost from tours cancelled last year but said similar requests to play more matches will be made to other teams.
Sri Lanka is scheduled to host South Africa in August, Scotland in September and Afghanistan in November. (Agencies)
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