The Indian Cricket League (ICL) has postponed the World Series following the terrorist attacks in Mumbai.
The series, which was wide open with two group games remaining, was taking place in Ahmedabad, 281 miles (453 kilometres) away from Mumbai, where 10 simultaneous terrorist attacks killed 101 people.
Kiran More, ICL Executive Board member said: "We have taken the decision of calling off the rest of the "ICL World Series tourament". We believe that it is inappropiate to continue the series under the given circumstances. All players and officials are under approriate 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."
The news follows the postponement of the final two India-England One Day Internationals and the Champions League Twenty20.
Thursday, November 27, 2008
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