A former official at Sri Lanka Cricket has told the BBC it signed a five-year deal allowing a foreign company to run Sri Lanka's Premier League.
Nishantha Ranatunga, the former secretary of the cricket board, denied reports a 25-year deal had been struck.
He said the agreement was signed by the former president and the former CEO of Sri Lanka Cricket. But neither man was available to talk to the BBC.
In June, India's cricket board refused to let the country's players take part because it said the SLPL was run by a private company with links to the former IPL chief Lalit Modi - who was dismissed amid corruption allegations, which he denies. Full story
