Colombo - Sri Lankan cricketers due to play India in a series this month signed new performance-related contracts, but Test captain Dimuth Karunaratne and former skipper Angelo Mathews have been left out, sources said.
The national squad, which has suffered several defeats on the pitch and discipline problems out of competition, has been at loggerheads with Sri Lanka Cricket since May over the new contracts.
Karunaratne and Mathews have been left out of the squad to play India in three one-day internationals and three Twenty20 games against India starting July 13 in Colombo.
The other players were given until this morning to sign the new contracts and all had agreed, Sri Lanka Cricket sources said.
"Players were told in no uncertain terms that they should accept the new terms or leave the team hotel by Wednesday morning," said the source.
"They have signed the contracts and the pay dispute is now over." – AFP 7 July, 2021
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