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Kumar Sangakkara
will not be officially reprimanded by Sri Lanka Cricket after his
public spat with the board. According to a statement from SLC, the
parties had met and resolved their differences amicably.
Sangakkara and SLC had sparred via the media and over email
in the past week, after SLC asked Sangakkara to play for the Kandurata
Maroons team in the Champions League T20, instead of his IPL franchise,
Sunrisers Hyderabad.
Sangakkara's eventual decision to represent Kandurata at the tournament
will cost him US$140,000, and the manner in which the issue was played
out publicly created bad blood between him and the Sri Lankan board.
"Sri Lanka Cricket wishes to announce that on an initiative of its
president Mr. Jayantha Dharmadasa, Kumar Sangakkara met with the
executive committee of SLC and had an open discussion today. All the
differences and misunderstandings were resolved very cordially," the
statement said.
After choosing to play for Kandurata, Sangakkara had alleged that the
board deliberately misrepresented his situation, and put his loyalty to
the country in doubt among the public. The board, represented through
Dharmadasa, denied these claims.
Sangakkara will begin training with the Kandurata side in the coming
weeks. Their first match in the Champions League qualifiers is against
Sunrisers Hyderabad on September 17.
Andrew Fidel Fernando is ESPNcricinfo's Sri Lanka correspondent. He tweets here
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