In Bizarre Incident, A Sri Lanka T20 Match Was Played Near Mohali

Bizarre incidents have broken out in cricket but this one, as reported by Indian Express, hits the tip of the iceberg. On YouTube, a commentary from a match in Uva T20 league, said that the match was being brought live to the audience from the Badulla Cricket Ground in Sri Lanka. In originality, there was no such match played at that venue.

The game was played at a ground in Sawara village, 16 km from Chandigarh off Punjab State Highway 12A. No Sri Lankans were playing, only unknown cricketers from Punjab, wearing masks over their faces and colourful, numbered jerseys, Indian Express reports.

In fact, the Uva cricket association and big names like Farvez Maharoof denied to run any such tournament at this moment of time. The report further said that the match was covered live by FanCode, whose parent company Dream Sports, but on be inquired by the newspaper/digital portal, a spokesperson said that they were in touch with Sri Lanka Cricket and were helping in the investigation.

“FanCode follows a strict process for shortlisting and screening potential league partnerships for live streaming of matches. Even with this event we were in touch with the organisers who provided us with the Letter of Sanction from Uva Province Cricket Association along with an email from the official email ID of Sri Lanka Cricket that provided confirmation of the tournament. After Day 1 of the tournament, where we streamed two matches, the legal team of SLC reached out to us and informed us that the matches are not approved by them and the documents that have been provided to us were probably forged. As soon as we received this intimation, we immediately stopped streaming these matches on our platform,” the spokesperson said.

Meanwhile, the chief of the BCCI’s Anti-Corruption Unit said the police must investigate the organisers of the Uva T20 league.