Mumbai Terror strikes forces ICL To Call Off The World Series
The Indian Cricket League has decided to call off its Season 2 ICL World Series tournament because of the terror attacks in Mumbai on November 26.
The decision to call off the ongoing series was taken last evening at an executive board meeting.
Speaking on this, ICL Executive Board member, Kiran More said, "We have taken the decision of calling off the rest of the ICL World Series tournament. We believe that it is inappropriate to continue the series under the given circumstances. All players and officials are under appropriate security."
Kapil Dev, Chairman ICL Executive Board, said, "The teams have shown confidence in the ICL management and has supported the decision to call off the tour. In this hour of unprecedented tragedy in Mumbai we would like to extend all our support to the citizens of India."
Earlier in the morning, ICL had decided to call off Thursday's match between ICL Pakistan and ICL Bangladesh The terror attacks in Mumbai left more than 125 people dead, including 11 police officials, and more than 300 people injured. India XI, Pakistan XI, World XI and Bangladesh XI were the four teams who were taking part in the World Series.