Lankan cricketers breach security, go partying

Sri Lankan cricketers, including senior batsmen Sanath Jayasuriya and Tillakaratne Dilshan, gave the local police some anxious moments when they went for a night-out in the city without security cover on Tuesday.

According to sources, some members of the visiting team went partying at a bar on Camac Street putting local police in a tizzy.

The cricketers left the hotel at around 11 pm.

While some of the Sri Lankan team members returned early, Jayasuriya and Dilshan came back around 2 am, the sources said.

"Many of them went out but returned soon. Only the duo of Dilshan and Jayasuriya returned quite late. If somebody goes out without security, what can we do? They are all responsible cricketers," local manager of the team Samir Dasgupta said.

Sri Lankan team management, however, denied that the duo returned late and said they did not go for any party.

"There was no concern as the cricketers had informed the management and police before stepping out. Not all cricketers went out, just a few of them had gone and returned in about an hour," Lankan manager Brendon Kuruppu said.

"There were policemen, hotel and security staff escorting them and they did not go partying. It was a day off for them," Kuruppu added.

That apart, Dilshan also went to visit his Delhi Daredevils team-mate Manoj Tiwari, on Tuesday.