T20 World Cup: Before the match against South Africa and Sri Lanka during the T20 World Cup 2024, there has been a big allegation of liquor party of many players and officials of the Sri Lanka Cricket Team.

This news was first published in a letter on July 7 and later this news spread on social media. After this, such allegations started pouring in on social media and the Sri Lankan team started being abused.

Sri Lanka's poor performance in T20 World Cup

The performance of the Sri Lankan cricket team in the T20 World Cup was very poor and the team managed to win only one match in the entire tournament, that too against a weak team like the Netherlands.

Apart from this, Sri Lanka's match against Nepal was cancelled due to rain.

Sri Lanka had to face defeat by 2 wickets against Bangladesh. In the match where liquor party was alleged before the match against South Africa, the Lankan team had to face defeat by 6 wickets. With one win, Sri Lanka was at third place in its group.

Sri Lanka Cricket called the allegations baseless

Sri Lanka Cricket has denied the allegations of a drinking party before the match against South Africa in the T20 World Cup, calling them baseless and said that such allegations are an attempt to tarnish the image of Sri Lanka Cricket.

Regarding the news published on July 7 and the news circulating on social media, Sri Lanka Cricket has said that this is an attempt to tarnish the reputation of the team management.

Along with five players, the coach and manager also attended the liquor party

According to the news published in the newspaper, five players were involved in the liquor party held in a hotel room before the match and along with them, an assistant coach and the team manager were also present.

These five players included three top order cricketers, a famous all-rounder cricketer and a fast bowler. At the same time, concerns have been raised in the news about the presence of the manager in the team's hotel. And ICC rules have been cited in this regard and it has been said that the presence of the manager may be a violation of ICC rules.